ASAN affiliate groups are state and local disability advocacy groups that share a basic set of core values and policy positions with ASAN. Affiliate groups receive technical assistance, peer support, and advocacy alerts from ASAN, while retaining flexibility to focus on whatever issues are most relevant to them. Affiliate groups are listed here to encourage collaboration with each other, as well as to help interested individuals connect with groups that are local to them.
In order to become an ASAN affiliate group, your group must be:
- Run by people who identify as self-advocates with developmental disabilities (for example, autistic people or people with intellectual disabilities).
- Inclusive of the entire autistic and disabled community. To give a few examples, your group should be welcoming and accessible to people with intellectual disabilities, nonspeaking people, people with mobility impairments, etc.
- Currently active (have a meeting or event about once a month).
- Willing to update ASAN periodically on your activities.
To apply to become an ASAN affiliate group, please email Alex Grandstaff at agrandstaff@autisticadvocacy.org to receive an application.
List of affiliate groups by state:
Alabama
Huntsville, AL
Huntsville Autistic Adults
Holly Foshee – huntsvilleautisticadults@
California
Davis, CA
Aggie Neurodiversity Community
Nathalie Moriarty – ndmoriarty@ucdavis.edu
Sacramento, CA
California Autistic Self Advocates (CASA)
Ashley Robertson – caautisticselfadvocates@gmail.com
San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Autism Collective
Bird Sellergren – bird@bayareaautismcollective.org
Santa Rosa, CA
Autistic Rebel Family
Rachel E Hundley – rachelhundleyesq@gmail.com
Connecticut
Connecticut
Proud Parents
Lu Freitas – proudparentsct@gmail.com
Florida
Miami, FL
Flora, Fauna, and Friends
Beyssa “Esho” Buil – communitycare@flora-fauna-friend.org
Illinois
Chicago, IL–On Hiatus
Autistics Against Curing Autism – Chicagoland
Timotheus Gordon, Jr. and Amanda Burkhart – aaca.chicagoland@gmail.com
Chicago, IL
Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition (via the Institute on Disability and Human Development at University of Illinois Chicago)
Jae Jin Pak and Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon Jr. – chicagolanddpocc@gmail.com
Kentucky
Louisville, KY
Kentuckiana Autism Spectrum Alliance (KASA)
Micah Peace – kyautisticalliance@gmail.com
Louisiana
Lafayette, LA
The Autistic Penguins
Tiffany Richard – tiffany_r@outlook.com
New York
Buffalo, NY
Neurodiversity Network of WNY
Adriana Ragland-Wnyneurodiversity@gmail.com
New York, NY
Autistic Adults NYC
Nicole Russell- nrussell@autisticadultsnyc.org.
North Carolina
Greenville, NC
Autistic Students Alliance (ASA)
Ellie Maye – autisticstudentsalliance@gmail.com
Pennsylvania
Allentown, PA
Prism
Robin Gow – robinfgow@gmail.com
Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania Center for Autistic Advocacy
Cori Frazer – info@autisticpgh.org
Gettysburg, PA
Phoenix Rising
Theodore Pakowski theodoreszpakowski@gmail.com
Tennessee
Nashville, TN
National Autism Peer Support
Robbie Miller – Robbie@nationalautismpeersupport.org
Middle TN
AutismTN Self-Advocate Community Groups
Casey Davis and Leah Quazi – support@autismtn.org
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Autism Empowerment
Sandra Krause – skrause20@outlook.com
International affiliate groups:
Australia
Aberfoyle Park, SA
ASAN Australia and New Zealand
Kathy Isaacs – secretary@asan-au.org
Canada
Vancouver, BC
Autistics United Vancouver
Vivian Ly – vancouverautistics@gmail.com
Comox Valley, BC
Autistics United Comox Valley
Iris Parker – comoxvalleyautistics@gmail.com
Winnipeg, MB
Autistics United Manitoba
Baden Gaeke Franz – manitobaautistics@gmail.com
Ontario
Autistics for Autistics Ontario
Taryn Hamlyn – a4aontario@gmail.com
London, ON
London Autistics Standing Together (LAST)
Anne Lessnerkraus – londonautistics@gmail.com
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Neurodivergent and Disability Alliance
Andrew Michael Dixon e22amd@mun.ca
Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Autistas de México
Yadira García Rojas–autistasdemexicoac@gmail.com
Mexico City, Mexico
Aü Comunidad Autista A.C.
Adriana Moncada (president)–adriana.moncada@
Portugal
Aveiro, Portugal
Associação Portuguesa Voz do Autista
Sara Rocha – geral@vozdoautista.pt