Thank you
Last Saturday, I stood in a park across from the Capitol Building, surrounded by my community, as we read a list of names. I could…
March 3, 2014
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Understandable
by Meg Evans The characters and events in this short story are entirely fictional. Sometimes drawing a picture makes things more understandable. When Kelsey was…
March 1, 2014
We Did It
Hi folks, Two weeks ago, they said it couldn’t be done. They said including disabled workers now being paid less than minimum wage in the…
February 14, 2014
ASAN Ranked in Top 10 National Disability Non-Profits!
ASAN is thrilled to announce that we have been ranked sixth of all nonprofits advocating for people with disabilities in Philanthropedia’s 2013 national rankings.
December 19, 2013
Autism Acceptance, Flowering
by Meg Evans After a long chilly winter in the northern United States, springtime finally made its appearance, as the weather turned much warmer this…
April 10, 2013
USA Today Writes About Disability Without Disabled People (Again)
by Ari Ne’eman, ASAN President Last May, I and other advocates crashed a party – a twitter party, to be exact. USA Today had put…
January 8, 2013
It’s Here! Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking on Amazon!
It’s here! A little less than a year since we started, the Loud Hands Project is proud to unveil our first anthology: Loud Hands: Autistic…
December 11, 2012
Henry on Inclusion
by Henry Frost The right to inclusion is a basic civil right for all people. I am a person. I have these rights. “I Stand…
December 7, 2012
Protesting
by Katie Miller Protests exhaust me, but not in the way you might think. Granted, it is a lot of work to prepare. The night…
November 17, 2012
Autistics Speaking Day 2012: Reclaiming Voice
by Ari Ne’eman Holidays are funny things – they come around once a year, and remind us of feelings and ideas that we shouldn’t have…
November 1, 2012
Calling People the R word
by Alyssa Trigger Warning: R-slur as an insult, discussion of such (censored except in quotations and in a screen shot.) This is how we begin,…
October 25, 2012
What is an Ally?
by Kassiane S. Hang around any civil rights type discussion for any length of time and you’ll hear talk of allies. Not allies like “the…
October 4, 2012