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
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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
ASAN-Kentucky Comment on New HCBS Waiver Regulations
by Kristen Guin, ASAN-Kentucky I am writing on behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network regarding the recent proposed new administrative regulations (907 KAR 12:010) for…
October 2, 2012
Joint Letter to Gov. Gregoire Urging Against Appealing M.R. v. Dreyfus to the Supreme Court
August 28, 2012 Dear Governor Gregoire: On behalf of the undersigned national disability rights and aging organizations representing millions of Americans with disabilities, we strongly…
September 7, 2012
Navigating College Update
by Elesia Ashkenazy Greetings and salutations ASAN blog readers! One of our favorite projects so far, Navigating College, is coming up on its second year!…
August 23, 2012
Career Options
by Meg Evans Young people entering the workforce often have to sort through a lot of career suggestions. Autistics and others with developmental disabilities may…
August 2, 2012
Autism: From Awareness to Understanding to Acceptance and Appreciation
by Rebecca Hamilton Over the years, we’ve made some progress where Autism Awareness is concerned. Many have seen advertisements and articles and news-clippings, they’ve heard…
July 31, 2012