ASAN Comments on Section 1557
These comments are available as a PDF here. October 3, 2022Melanie Fontes RainerDirectorOffice of Civil RightsDepartment of Health and Human Services Re: Notice of Proposed…
October 4, 2022
ASAN Activity
🍂 ASAN September Update 🍂
ASAN September Newsletter Dear friends, As the days grow shorter and the weather turns cold, our work is only heating up! Here’s what we’ve…
September 30, 2022
Make YOUR plan to vote at our plain language webinar series!
Voting is an important part of making our voices heard in decisions about who leads our communities. Who we vote for shows our government what…
September 12, 2022
Support ASAN at the 2022 TCS NYC Marathon
Are you running the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon? We’ll see you there on November 6! This year, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network is…
September 6, 2022
Letter to HHS Office for Civil Rights on equitable COVID-19 recovery
These comments are available as a PDF here. Melanie Fontes RainerActing DirectorOffice for Civil Rights (OCR)Department of Health and Human Services Samuel BagenstosGeneral Counsel (OGC)Department…
August 30, 2022
Important New Guidance on the Rights of Students with Disabilities
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network applauds the Department of Education’s release of new, critical guidance to help ensure students with disabilities are not discriminated against…
July 28, 2022
Join us for a webinar series on reproductive & disability rights!
Bodily autonomy, privacy, and access to abortion all matter for people with disabilities; reproductive justice is a disability justice issue. Last week’s Dobbs v. Jackson…
June 27, 2022
The Pandemic is Not Over: Understanding the new CDC COVID-19 Community Levels Tool
As guidance changes and we continue to learn about COVID-19, it’s important to remember that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over. COVID-19 continues to circulate,…
May 12, 2022
New Accessible COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 keeps changing, but one thing that remains the same is the need for accessible information about what we can do to keep safe. This…
April 28, 2022
ASAN Comments on “Public Charge Grounds of Inadmissibility”
These comments are available as a PDF here. April 25, 2022Andrew ParkerBranch ChiefResidence and Admissibility BranchResidence and Naturalization DivisionOffice of Policy and StrategyU.S. Citizenship and…
April 26, 2022
Letter to the CDC concerning dangerous new guidance
This document is available as a PDF here. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled back crucial pandemic guidelines in new guidance….
March 3, 2022
Letter to Secretary Becerra towards achieving equitable COVID-19 recovery that centers the disability community
This document is available as a PDF here. In early February, ASAN and other disability rights organizations met with Secretary Becerra about how Health and…
February 25, 2022