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Category Archives: Blog
Know YOUR rights when voting under guardianship!
Everyone should have the right to vote. If you have a disability and you are under guardianship, you might have heard that this means you can’t vote. However, in many states, it is still possible to vote with a guardian! The laws in your state will tell you if...
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🍂 ASAN September Update 🍂
Dear friends, This has been a hard month. The failure to indict the officers who murdered Breonna Taylor painfully illustrates the systemic racism in the U.S. court system and our society’s inadequate response to police violence. Police violence affects people with disabilities, especially Black people with disabilities, every day, and the...
Before You Donate to Autism Speaks, Consider the Facts
Very little money donated to Autism Speaks goes toward helping autistic people and families....
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Will you help more autistic adults be heard?
Dear friends, When I learned that I was autistic, I was overwhelmed. I felt lost and misunderstood. I was fixated on what I perceived as my ever-growing list of deficits, and that made it hard to see myself as a whole person. Then, I found the Autistic Self Advocacy Network....
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ASAN Gala 2019
Our lucky 13th annual gala was full of excitement, hope, and lots of wonderful speeches. If you’d like to catch up, you can watch videos or read transcripts of the attendees’ remarks below. Alice Wong Video and Transcript: https://autisticadvocacy.org/2019/11/alice-wong’s-speech-for-asan-gala-2019/ Julia Bascom Video and Transcript: https://autisticadvocacy.org/2019/11/julia-bascom’s-speech-for-asan-gala-2019/ Dora Raymaker Video and Transcript:...
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Day of Action to #StopTheShock
The Day of Action to #StopTheShock was held on April 24th, 2019, the five-year anniversary of an FDA hearing that found the use of GED shocks at the Judge Rotenberg Center ineffective and harmful. The action included people from all over the US working together to show the FDA...
ASAN – Who We Are and What We Do
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for autistic people. ASAN was created to serve as a national grassroots disability rights organization for the autistic community, advocating for systems change and ensuring that the voices of autistic people are heard in policy debates...
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