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The greatest lesson of the civil rights movement is that the moment you let others speak for you, you lose. —Ed Roberts

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Our New Plain-Language Resource on Police Violence

Standing against anti-Black police violence is a critical part of fighting for disability rights. With protests against police violence going on all over the…

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Working to End Police Violence and Systemic Racism

A month ago, we shared an update on how ASAN is working to keep our community safe through the COVID-19 pandemic. This month, we…

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Action Alert: Tell your Senators to support emergency funding for HCBS!

UPDATE: Call-ins are cancelled on the 9th and 16th and will resume on the 23rd.

Coping with a global pandemic is hard enough without losing…

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Before You Donate to Autism Speaks, Consider the Facts

Very little money donated to Autism Speaks goes toward helping autistic people and families.

ACI helped me fight for change

Hello,

My name is Grace Hart, and this past June I attended ASAN’s ACI (Autism Campus Inclusion) program in Washington, D.C. This week-long program equipped…

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You make our work possible

Dear friends,

As a person who was diagnosed as autistic over thirty years ago prior to entering the foster care system, I have personally experienced…

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