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Category Archives: News
Selected newsworthy articles about ASAN’s actions and statements on matters of public importance can be found here. Other categories of articles, along with past entries sorted by date and tag, can be accessed via the sitemap.
ASAN Letter Expressing Concern re: House Subcommittee Hearing on Autism
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Dear Chairman Mica and Ranking Member Connolly: On behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the nation’s leading advocacy organization run by and for autistic people, I write to express concern about the upcoming May 20th, 2014 Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing entitled “Examining the Federal Response to Autism...
Posted in News, Press
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Tagged inclusion, policy, representation, research, self advocacy
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ASAN Statement Opposing House CAA Re-authorization Legislation H.R. 4631
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is deeply concerned by the recently introduced Combating Autism Re-authorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4631). H.R. 4631 fails to address many of the longstanding problems in the CAA, including the lack of funding and attention to research on services and the needs of adults,...
Posted in News, Policy, Research and Data Collection, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged #stopcombatingme, CAA
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ASAN Testimony to the Neurological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the FDA
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman gave the following testimony urging the ban of aversive-conditioning devices to the Neurological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Good morning. My name is Ari Ne’eman, and I am testifying here in my role as President...
Posted in Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Therapies and Health Care
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Tagged aversion, aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, JRC
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Written Comment to the Food and Drug Administration on the Banning of Electrical Aversive Conditioning Devices
ASAN submitted written comment to the Food and Drug Administration, strongly urging the FDA to ban the use of electric aversive conditioning devices. These comments are available here....
Posted in Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Preventing Abuse and Bullying
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Tagged aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, JRC, Judge Rotenberg Center
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Tell the FDA To Ban Aversive Conditioning Devices and Stop the Judge Rotenberg Center
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Dear Friends: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering an important action that would ban the use of devices that use electric shock for behavior modification. This action has the potential to close the Judge Rotenberg Center, an institution in Massachusetts which uses contingent electric shocks as a...
Call For Resumes: Freddie Mac Seeks Autistic Interns
Freddie Mac, a leading mortgage finance company, is partnering with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to fill three paid internship opportunities. The ASAN-Freddie Mac Internship Program is an opportunity for recent graduates and current students on the autism spectrum to gain work experience and enter the workforce of a...
Posted in Employment, News
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Tagged Freddie Mac
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ASAN Issues Statement on Latest CDC Autism Prevalence Data
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Autistic Self Advocacy Network Issues Statement on Latest CDC Autism Prevalence Data Latest CDC numbers reflect better understanding of autism; racial and gender disparities persist. Washington, DC — March 27th, 2014 — The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued the following statement in response to the...
Posted in News, Research and Data Collection
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Tagged CDC
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New ASAN resource on starting a nonprofit
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is proud to announce the release of a new technical assistance document Starting a Non-Profit is Like Having a Baby: 8 Questions Your Group Should Ask Before Starting a Non-Profit. Many self advocacy organizations want to become formalized non-profits recognized by the state and...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged PADSA, technical assistance
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Organ Transplantation and People with Disabilities: A Toolkit for State Advocates
ASAN Unveils Toolkit for Advocates on Ending Discrimination in Organ Transplantation ASAN has prepared a comprehensive toolkit to empower people with disabilities, their families, and other disability advocates to help combat disability-based discrimination in organ transplantation. ...
Posted in News, Policy, Therapies and Health Care
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Tagged organ transplant discrimination, policy, toolkit
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#StopCombatingMe
Nine years ago, Congress passed the Combating Autism Act (CAA), legislation that focused federal autism research and policy activities on creating a world without autistic people. In 2011, Congress re-authorized this deeply flawed legislation, over the objections of self-advocates and our families. Now, with the CAA set to expire...
Posted in Action, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Research and Data Collection, Self Advocacy and Representation, Therapies and Health Care
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Tagged #stopcombatingme, CAA
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