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Category Archives: News
Additional Internships Available with Freddie Mac
With our first round of internships underway, ASAN now seeks additional Autistic applicants to intern with Freddie Mac for the summer of 2012. We are very excited to see that our first interns are on their way with great support by their managers and human resources at Freddie Mac....
Posted in Employment, News
Tagged diversity hiring
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ASAN Public Comment on Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly supports the proposed regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which will strengthen employment protections and require affirmative action for individuals with disabilities seeking employment with federal contractors....
Posted in Employment, News
Tagged diversity hiring
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Joint ASAN-Autism Society Statement on DSM-5
One of the key principles of the medical profession has always been, "First, do no harm." As such, it is essential that the DSM-5's criteria ensure that those who have or would have qualified for a diagnosis under the DSM-IV maintain access to an ASD diagnosis....
Grant reviewers needed
In response to our Symposium on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Autism Research, funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, several key federal funders have offered to work with ASAN to identify Autistic adults and other people with disabilities interested in serving on forthcoming federal grant review panels....
Posted in News, Research and Data Collection
Tagged inclusion, research
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95 Disability Rights Groups Call on CMS to Issue HCBS Regulations
Regulations are needed to ensure that Home and Community Based Services are not delivered on the grounds of an institution, in a housing complex designed expressly around an individual’s diagnosis or disability, or in a setting that has the characteristics of an institution....
Posted in Community Services and Supports, News
Tagged community living, Medicaid, services
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Autism Education for Law Enforcement Officers
Self-advocate Lydia Brown reports on a proposal to improve safety for Autistic people by training law enforcement officers in Massachusetts about autism. She has provided a fact sheet and contact information for state legislators....
Posted in Changing Perceptions, News
Tagged law enforcement
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ASAN’s Comments on Proposed Rulemaking on Home and Community Based Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are developing minimum standards for home and community based services settings. ASAN has prepared comments on the proposed rulemaking....
Posted in Community Services and Supports, News
Tagged community living, Medicaid, services
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ASAN Announces Opposition to Menendez-Enzi-Brown Autism Legislation
Press Release Opposing Autism Legislation: ASAN has issued a press release stating that an extension of the Combating Autism Act would lock in place an unacceptable status quo without services, without consideration of the needs of adults and without inclusion of self-advocates. We oppose extending the act without needed...
Posted in News, Press, Research and Data Collection
Tagged representation, research, services
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