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Join Us for a Webinar: #StopTheShock 2024 Public Comments
March 29, 2024
For years, ASAN and our allies have been working to stop the electric skin shock torture being used on some residents of the Judge Rotenberg Center. We have another chance RIGHT NOW to stop this for good! Read on to learn more about the issue and how YOU can take action. People have been trying…
Take Action to #StopTheShock!
March 26, 2024
For years, ASAN and our allies have been working to stop the electric skin shock torture being used on some residents of the Judge Rotenberg Center. We have another chance RIGHT NOW to stop this for good! Read on to learn more about the issue and how YOU can take action. Background The Judge Rotenberg…
Share your thoughts on autism research with the IACC!
January 23, 2024
Submitting public comments is an important way for self-advocates to make our needs and priorities known when it comes to public policy. This month, there is an important opportunity to make your thoughts on autism research heard! Before February 14, 2024 submit your public comments to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) about autism research….
March 29, 2024
For years, ASAN and our allies have been working to stop the electric skin shock torture being used on some residents of the Judge Rotenberg Center. We have another chance RIGHT NOW to stop this for good! Read on to learn more about the issue and how YOU can take action. People have been trying...
March 26, 2024
For years, ASAN and our allies have been working to stop the electric skin shock torture being used on some residents of the Judge Rotenberg Center. We have another chance RIGHT NOW to stop this for good! Read on to learn more about the issue and how YOU can take action. Background The Judge Rotenberg...
January 23, 2024
Submitting public comments is an important way for self-advocates to make our needs and priorities known when it comes to public policy. This month, there is an important opportunity to make your thoughts on autism research heard! Before February 14, 2024 submit your public comments to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) about autism research....
October 30, 2023
Updated 11/6 It is still legal to pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage. We need your help to change that! People with disabilities deserve equal pay for the work that we do. It shouldn’t be legal to pay disabled people less money just because we are disabled. The Department of Labor (DOL) is...
October 5, 2023
Do you want to make an impact on crucial health care policy for disabled people? The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing updated regulations for Section 504, and we need you to comment in support of these crucial changes! Background When people talk about Section 504, they’re talking about Section 504 of...
August 21, 2023
The autistic and nonspeaking communities are often left out of setting priorities for funding research. This means that research often doesn’t reflect our entire community. Research about us should benefit us – we’ve got two ways you can help make that happen. One way is writing in response to a request for information from the...
May 18, 2023
ASAN strongly supports and thanks Congress for the introduction of the 2023 Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA). KASSA would ban almost all kinds of restraint and all kinds of seclusion across all 50 states, and would require school districts to collect data to prevent further use of these dangerous practices. This bill mimics ones...
May 12, 2023
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to make spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. These horrific cuts would result in millions of people losing crucial access to programs like Medicaid, housing assistance, and SNAP! We’re hearing from our allies on the Hill that our community needs to act NOW and...
May 9, 2023
For years, the disability community has worked to end torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center. While we work towards an FDA ban on the use of electric shocks, there is critical state-level legislation that would affect the Judge Rotenberg Center. Massachusetts legislators have introduced a bill that would ban aversives. “Aversives” means using pain to...
March 7, 2023
Submitting public comments is an important way for self advocates to make our needs and priorities known when it comes to public policy. This March, there are two important opportunities for you to make yourself heard to the IACC and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regarding priorities for autism research and telemedicine. Before March 22,...
February 17, 2023
For years, the disability community has worked to end torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center. While we work towards an FDA ban on the use of electric shocks, there is critical state-level legislation that would affect the Judge Rotenberg Center. The New York state legislature has reintroduced a bill that would stop the state from...
January 4, 2023
Every year the federal government distributes funds for research on autism. The IACC makes recommendations about where those funds go and what research should be prioritized. The IACC meets several times each year to discuss where these funds should go and how much money different research subjects should get. Self advocates have the power to...