We Wrote It – Now It’s The Law!
This month, Maryland became the first state in the United States to enact the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s model law banning disability-based discrimination in organ…
April 28, 2015
Ianthe Dempsey
Call for Resumes: Freddie Mac Data Analyst Internship Position for Autistic College Grads
Freddie Mac, a leading mortgage finance company, is partnering with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to fill a paid Data Analyst intern position for autistic…
April 27, 2015
Statement on CDC Autism Monitoring Efforts
On April 22nd, 2015, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued the following statement regarding the CDC’s recent announcement as to the expansion of the Autism…
April 22, 2015
Action Alert: Speak Out Against Guardianship Abuse
The template below is available to download as a Word document here. We would like for all of our chapters and chapter members to email…
March 24, 2015
#NoModernAsylums: ASAN Statement Condemning NYTimes Op-Ed Supporting Institutionalization
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is appalled by Christine Montross’s February 18th op-ed in the New York Times promoting a return to mental institutions. Montross’s op-ed…
March 17, 2015
ASAN Joined by Coalition Supporting MD Anti-Organ Transplant Discrimination Bill
You can download the coalition’s testimony as a PDF here. SB 792 Public Health – Nondiscrimination in Access to Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation Senate…
March 17, 2015
On Our Backs, We Will Carry Them
Reflections on the 2015 Disability Day of Mourning From ASAN President Ari Ne’eman Memory is an important part of how we define our communities. When…
February 27, 2015
Joint Disability Letter in Support of NJ Transition Plan
Dear Deputy Commissioner Arye, Deputy Commissioner Apgar and Assistant Commissioner Shea: We write on behalf of a broad array of national and New Jersey organizations…
February 26, 2015
Testimony to the 21st Century Policing Task Force
The following testimony was given to the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing on February 4th, 2015 by ASAN President Ari Ne’eman Members…
February 4, 2015
Anti-Filicide Toolkit
In December of 2014, 49-year-old Katherine Lavoie was shot by her husband. A month earlier, 29-year-old Daryne Gailey and 6-year-old London McCabe were both killed…
January 12, 2015
Neurodiversity T-shirt Twitter Giveaway!
Our twitter recently reached 4,000 followers. That’s 4,000 people seeing the news and ideas we are sharing about autism, neurodiversity, and disability rights; 4,000 people…
January 5, 2015
ASAN Condemns Maryland for Dropping Charges in Case of Autistic Men in Basement
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is outraged that the Maryland prosecutor’s office has dropped all charges against a couple that imprisoned their autistic sons in…
December 26, 2014