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Your voice is needed for Action August!

This month is Action August! There are so many important issues you can take action on this month, and best of all—you don’t have to make a single...

🌴 ASAN July Update 🌴

ASAN July Newsletter

Dear friends,

This has been a busy month for ASAN, full of advocacy and new resources to share. We...

New Resource: A Guide to Making Easy...

This guide will help you write in Easy Read, an accessible format that uses pictures and easy-to-understand language. Creating resources in Easy Read helps...

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Action Alert: grassroots efforts to...

All of us were stunned and outraged when earlier this month, a federal appeals court overturned the FDA’s ban on electric shock devices used at the Judge...

ASAN Joins ACLU Brief in Britney Spears...

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and numerous other civil rights organizations in filing an amicus brief...

Empowerment is when you have gained the confidence in yourself to have the light bulb go on in your head. You realize you can take control of your life and you understand that now you have done it. —Nancy Ward