ASAN Letter to FDA on Banning Electric Shock Devices
You can download this letter as a PDF here. Alex M. Azar II Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Scott Gottlieb Commissioner Food…
April 23, 2018
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Reflecting on History, Resisting Hate
On April 19th, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued the following statement in response to new reports further detailing Hans Asperger’s collaboration with the Nazi…
April 19, 2018
#StopTheShock at the Judge Rotenberg Center
People with disabilities are being tortured at the JRC by electric shock devices known as Gradual Electronic Decelerators (GED). The FDA has had a final rule to…
April 11, 2018
ASAN Statement on Gun Violence Prevention Following Parkland Mass Shooting
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) joins the nation in mourning the loss of the seventeen men, women, and children who were murdered on February…
February 16, 2018
ASAN Condemns President’s Budget Request
Statement: ASAN strongly condemns the deep cuts that the President’s proposed budget would make to Medicaid, Social Security, employment programs, housing supports, and other critical…
February 14, 2018
ASAN Letter to House Leaders on H.R. 620
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), the nation’s leading 501(c)(3) disability rights advocacy organization by and for autistic people ourselves, strongly opposes H.R. 620, the “ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017.” H.R. 620 would curtail the civil rights of Americans with disabilities by making it prohibitively difficult for us to enforce our right to access public places under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
February 13, 2018
Our civil rights are on the line RIGHT NOW – we need your calls!
In 1990, the ADA gave people with disabilities the legal right to access in our communities. 28 years later, businesses are still trying to avoid…
February 12, 2018
Find your local Day of Mourning vigil site
In the past five years, over 550 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Thursday, March 1st, the disability…
February 6, 2018
ASAN Tells WA State: No Sterilization Forms!
Dear Ms. Zinn,
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) and the undersigned disability rights advocacy organizations write to you regarding your recent proposal to create court forms specific to sterilization of people under guardianship. Although we share your commitment to ensure that no individual under guardianship is illegally subjected to sterilization, we have significant concerns about your proposal.
February 1, 2018
ACI 2018 Applications Now Open!
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is now accepting applications for the 2018 Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Summer Leadership Academy! The ACI Summer Leadership Academy prepares…
January 2, 2018
ASAN’s 2017 Annual Report
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a national grassroots disability rights organization run by and for Autistic Americans, advocating for systems change and ensuring that…
November 29, 2017
ASAN Opposes Tax Bill, Repeal of Individual Mandate
ASAN remains strongly opposed to the elimination of the individual mandate to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and condemns the inclusion…
November 14, 2017