ASAN Comments Opposing Family Detention
You can download our comments as a PDF here. November 6th, 2018 Debbie Seguin, Assistant Director, Office of Policy, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department…
November 9, 2018
Ianthe Dempsey
Impact of the Public Charge Rule Change on People with Disabilities
Download this information as a PDF here. This one-pager was developed in collaboration by ASAN, The Arc, and the Center for Public Representation. What is…
October 24, 2018
ASAN Condemns Trump Administration’s Attack on Transgender Americans
Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration is considering adopting a federal standard which would exclude transgender and intersex people from the…
October 22, 2018
Break down barriers to voting with these tools!
From protests to policymaking, the disability community has spent years fighting for our right to be fully included in our communities. Generations of disabled activists…
October 21, 2018
Knowing Why: a new anthology
This book of essays by adult-diagnosed/self-diagnosed autistic people includes pieces on burnout, passions and interests, sensory overload, and more. Essays discuss growing up undiagnosed, navigating…
October 16, 2018
We believe you, and we’re not going anywhere
After a rushed process that was designed to deny survivors a chance to be fully heard, the Senate has confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme…
October 6, 2018
URGENT: Time is running out to #StopKavanaugh
We are being told that the FBI investigation of Brett Kavanaugh has concluded—but the FBI has not even talked to all of the survivors who…
October 4, 2018
ASAN Releases Easy Read Toolkit on Employment Policy
It’s important for self-advocates to understand employment policy and how things could be different—so that we can effectively advocate for an end to policies that…
October 3, 2018
ACTION ALERT: Kavanaugh is closer to confirmation – WE NEED YOUR VOICE NOW
Yesterday was a difficult day for many of us, as we heard Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s painful, honest testimony and then saw members of the…
September 28, 2018
ASAN Condemns Proposed ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Regulations
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly condemns the Administration’s proposed “Public Charge” regulation, which discriminates against disabled and low-income immigrants and makes pathways to American…
September 25, 2018
ACTION ALERT: Enough is enough – tell your Senators to #StopKavanaugh
From the start, the Kavanaugh nomination was a threat to people with disabilities — to our inclusion, our health care, and our civil rights. Now,…
September 24, 2018
ACTION ALERT: We won’t stop til we #StopKavanaugh!
Kavanaugh doesn’t believe in people’s right to control our own bodies – he never has, and he never will. We have seen that reflected in…
September 20, 2018