ASAN works on policies and laws that affect autistic people and people with other disabilities. There are laws that protect our rights as people with disabilities. We work to make sure these laws are enforced fairly and people have their rights respected. But the legal system is often not fair to disabled people, especially disabled people of color. As we fight for our rights, we must also fight to change the way the legal system treats people.
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Plain Language Roundup: We Keep Us Safe
The administration made many bad choices in the past few weeks. The administration is the president and the parts of the government that he can tell what to do. The administration asked to make changes that would hurt disabled people and unhoused people. They also made policies that hurt people living in the District of…
What does the Skrmetti Decision mean?
The Supreme Court made a bad decision this month. That decision is called the Skrmetti Decision. This decision hurts our community. We’re going to explain what the Skrmetti decision is, and why it is a problem. The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest national court in the United States. It has the final say. Sometimes…
ASAN Gravely Concerned by Administration’s Plans for Autistic People’s Medical Data
4/24/25: ClarificationAs of late this afternoon, HHS has released new information about the proposed autism database that we discussed in the statement below. We are in the process of preparing a response to that information, which will come out tomorrow. In the meantime, we would like to clarify our existing statement to address questions we…