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 [email protected] 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 – [email protected]
San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Autism Collective
Bird Sellergren – [email protected]
Santa Rosa, CA
Autistic Rebel Family
Rachel E Hundley – [email protected]
Connecticut
Connecticut
Proud Parents
Lu Freitas – [email protected]
Florida
Miami, FL
Flora, Fauna, and Friends
Beyssa “Esho” Buil – [email protected]
Illinois
Chicago, IL–On Hiatus
Autistics Against Curing Autism – Chicagoland
Timotheus Gordon, Jr. and Amanda Burkhart – [email protected]
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. – [email protected]
Kentucky
Louisville, KY
Kentuckiana Autism Spectrum Alliance (KASA)
Micah Peace – [email protected]
Louisiana
Lafayette, LA
The Autistic Penguins
Tiffany Richard – [email protected]
New York
Buffalo, NY
Neurodiversity Network of WNY
Adriana Ragland-[email protected]
New York, NY
Autistic Adults NYC
Nicole Russell and Avi Harder- info@autisticadultsnyc.
North Carolina
Greenville, NC
Autistic Students Alliance (ASA)
Ellie Maye – [email protected]
Pennsylvania
Allentown, PA
Radiant
Robin Gow – [email protected]
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy
Cori Frazer – [email protected]
Tennessee
Nashville, TN
National Autism Peer Support
Robbie Miller – [email protected]
Middle TN
AutismTN Self-Advocate Community Groups
Casey Davis and Leah Quazi – [email protected]
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Autism Empowerment
Sandra Krause – [email protected]
International affiliate groups:
Australia
Aberfoyle Park, SA
ASAN Australia and New Zealand
Kathy Isaacs – [email protected]
Canada
Ontario
Neurodivergent Infinity Network of Educators
Karen Ann Timm neurodivergentinfinity@gmail.
London, ON
London Autistics Standing Together (LAST)
Anne Lessnerkraus – [email protected]
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Neurodivergent and Disability Alliance
Andrew Michael Dixon [email protected]
Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Autistas de México
Yadira García Rojas–[email protected]
Mexico City, Mexico
Aü Comunidad Autista A.C.
Adriana Moncada (president)–adriana.moncada@
Portugal
Aveiro, Portugal
Associação Portuguesa Voz do Autista
Sara Rocha – [email protected]