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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.
Disability Day of Mourning – Remember Lives Taken
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Join Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Not Dead Yet, and the National Council on Independent Living in remembering people with disabilities who have lost their lives at the hands of their family members or caregivers. On March 1, 2013, we will remember those we have lost, and remind the world that...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Events, News, Preventing Abuse and Bullying
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Tagged acceptance, allies, autistic community, disability, ethics, ignorance, murder, stigma
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Letter to Food and Drug Administration on the Judge Rotenberg Center
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Margaret Hamburg Commissioner 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993 US Food and Drug Administration Dear Commissioner Hamburg: We, the undersigned representatives of the disability and human rights community, are writing to express our gratitude for your recent actions regarding the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts. It...
Posted in News, Preventing Abuse and Bullying
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Tagged aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, ethics, joint letters, restraint
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ASAN Statement on Fein Study on Autism and “Recovery”
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Recently, an article argued that some Autistic children reach what they call the “optimal outcome” of moving out of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study greatly concerns ASAN, both in terms of its inherent scientific limitations and the dangerous values framework behind it. Adults who clearly met criteria for...
Posted in News, Research and Data Collection, Therapies and Health Care
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Tagged accommodations, community living, diagnosis, disability, research, services, supports, therapies
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APRAIS Drafts Letter on Funding for the Judge Rotenberg Center
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The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusions (APRAIS), in collaboration with ASAN and other disability advocacy organizations, has drafted the following letter to the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, as well as the Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services and Medicare and Medicaid Services. As...
Posted in Action, News, Preventing Abuse and Bullying, Therapies and Health Care
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Tagged APRAIS, aversion, letter, Rotenberg Center, seclusion and restraint
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ASAN is Now Accepting Applications for the 2013 Summer Leadership Academy
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is excited to announce the Autism Campus Inclusion project is now seeking applications for its 2013 Summer Leadership Academy. The training will take place in Washington, DC, June 9 to June 15, 2013. All expenses for the training are covered by the Autistic Self...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Inclusive Education and College, News, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged autistic culture, college, disability, education, neurodiversity, self advocacy
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ASAN Thanks a Visionary Leader for Four Years of Trailblazing
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On Wednesday, January 9th, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis submitted her resignation to President Obama. She was initially confirmed as Secretary of Labor in February of 2009. According to NPR, Solis said of her resignation, “Growing up in a large Mexican-American family in La Puente, California, I never imagined...
Posted in Changing Perceptions, News
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Tagged accommodations, allies, disability, diversity hiring
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NDLA Letter to the Vice President’s Task Force to Curb Gun Violence
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Dear Vice President Biden: On behalf of the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) and allied organizations, we write to communicate certain recommendations and concerns from the cross-disability community for consideration in your task force’s efforts to curb gun violence. NDLA is a coalition of 14 leading national disability organizations...
Posted in Changing Perceptions, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged disability, joint letters, representation
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ASAN Statement on Media Reports Regarding Newtown, CT Shooting
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In response to recent media reports that the perpetrator of today’s shooting in Newtown, Connecticut may have been diagnosed on the autism spectrum or with a psychiatric disability, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) issued the following statement today: “Our hearts go out to the victims of today’s shooting...
Call for Resumes: Freddie Mac Seeks Autistic Intern
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In partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Freddie Mac, an industry leader in home mortgages, is seeking a paid intern for the third round of a program with ASAN to place qualified Autistic candidates in skilled positions within the company. Architecture & Data Services Freddie Mac is a...
Posted in Employment, News
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Tagged community living, diversity hiring
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It’s Here! Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking on Amazon!
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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 People, Speaking, now available on Amazon. This is an exciting time for the Loud Hands Project, and we want to share it with you....
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Perspectives, Publications, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged acceptance, advertising, autistic community, autistic culture, inclusion, neurodiversity, representation, self advocacy
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