…questions can be answered through research conducted with the assistance of the Science of Engagement initiative. Topics of Inquiry to Understand the Science of Engagement One essential aspect of engaging…
…over the past 4 years. Selling Prejudice: Strategies and Tactics Used to Promote Pseudoscience, Postmodernism, and Other Forms of Nonsense PRESENTER: Alexander CheezemABSTRACT: Misinformation, prejudice, pseudoscience, and general nonsense flood…
…hard. We have always overcome impossible odds. It is something out of science fiction that we exist at all. Autistic self-advocacy, self-advocacy, disability rights and the community we have built–all…
…read ASAN’s comments on the IACC strategic plan here. We also submitted comments to a request for information from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute regarding their Science of Engagement initiative….
…of Montana, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Self Advocates As Leaders, Bitter Root Valley People First, and Summit Independent Living Center. For more information, see the AUCD 2009…
…NC (In-Person) Active Minds at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, kane22m@ncssm.edu PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh, PA The Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy, cori@autisticpgh.org Collegeville, PA Ursinus College, jfrymiare@ursinus.edu TENNESSEE…
…Equity Task Force’s recommendation that the federal government convene a multidisciplinary panel, including community members with disabilities and older adults, to review and update the National Academies of Science, Engineering,…
…to us in their scope or intended outcomes. Billions of dollars were going to autism research, but no one had asked us–actually autistic people–what questions we most urgently needed science…
…on traditional basic science. So that’s where federal dollars go. And that’s a policy problem. It’s a problem in the sense that it makes it harder for policymakers to write…
…forms of discrimination, stereotyping and discrimination. Historically, one of the most pervasive forms of this type of discrimination has come from those who use stereotypes and pseudo-science to try and…
…babies? Science (August 1, 2019, 11:30 a.m.), https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/did-crispr-help-or-harm-first-ever-gene-edited-babies. Each gene in the human genome has a number of complex possible effects, on both the human body and on every other…
…The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is disappointed that long after the science has spoken, politicians and pundits continue to focus on causation, distracting from the real and pressing issues facing…
