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ASAN & AWN Call for Relief for Matthew...

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network and the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network have filed a joint statement of concern with the Governor of...

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Coalition Demands a Full Pardon for...

View this statement as a PDF here.

WASHINGTON – Neli Latson should be a free man. Instead, he’s faced a decade of unjust prosecution and...

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Action Alert: Disability Policy...

Thirty years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, we are still struggling to build a world in which all people with disabilities can...

Our New Plain-Language Resource on...

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

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Track COVID-19 outbreaks in...

It’s critical that we understand how many people we are losing as COVID-19 spreads through institutions — but some states aren’t reporting numbers of...

Independent living is not doing things by yourself. It is being in control of how things are done.
—Judy Heumann

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ASAN & AWN Call for Relief for Matthew Rushin

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network and the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network have filed a joint statement of concern with the Governor of Virginia…

ASAN Joins Partners in Petition for Improved COVID-19 Response in Congregate Settings

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Medical Rationing Complaint Filed by ASAN and Partners Resolved

This statement is available as a PDF here.

RESOLUTION OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT RAISES THE BAR IN PROHIBITING MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES…

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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…

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…