We are writing as concerned members of the disability community to urge you to give your support to Amendment #548, which bans the use of electric shock aversive “therapy,” as contained in the Senate FY 13 Budget We ask that this be included in the FY 13 Budget Conference Committee Report.
by Lydia Brown, at Autistic Hoya To the person who found my blog by searching Google for “feel like i’m a burden aspergers:” You are…
Como organización de base pro derechos civiles de las personas con discapacidades, ASAN depende de voluntarios para ayudar con muchos aspectos de nuestro trabajo. Nuestros divisiones locales necesitan voluntarios para ayudar con proyectos comunitarios, la organización de eventos especiales, y otras actividades. También hay oportunidades en línea, como investigación y escritura. Si vive cerca de una división local o no, ¡hay muchas maneras de involucrarse con ASAN como voluntari@!
As civil rights advocates, we are grateful for the ACLU’s tireless work. However, we strongly feel that your defense of these suits fails to address issues that reach beyond reproductive choice and that profoundly affect people with disabilities.
From The Board by Ari Ne’eman When it comes to disability advocacy, the details matter. A lot. For many years, the self-advocacy movement has worked…
by Dora Raymaker When the numbers roll in, I see where I fall: 1 in 1,000 1 in 150 1 in 88 children America has…
by Ari Ne’eman Last week, Inside Higher Ed carried an intriguing piece from University of Maryland graduate student and New Inquiry editor Nathan Jurgenson. The…
by Amy Sequenzia What is our place in the world? Who are we? Those questions should be easy to answer. Yet, they are not. For…
by Liz Pellicano When I was a young academic at Oxford University, I was lucky enough to work with several autistic students, helping them…
Dear Mumu, One day, in case you ever feel like knowing more about how you light up our world, I am building a digital hope…
Autreat is coming up quickly on July 2nd-6th this year in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Autreat is a retreat style conference by and for Autistics. Run by…
