ASAN Letter to FCC Regarding Relay Services
This letter is available as a PDF here. August 10th, 2015 Thomas Wheeler Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20554 Dear…
August 7, 2015
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ASAN Praises ED Letter Urging Schools to Look Beyond ABA
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network applauds the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) for their July 6th Dear Colleague letter to states…
July 28, 2015
ASAN Calls for Justice in Troy Canales Police Brutality Case
Last November, NYPD officers allegedly physically assaulted a black autistic teenager, throwing him face-down to the sidewalk outside his home, punching him in the face,…
July 20, 2015
Justice for All: Improving Employment Programs for Workers with Disabilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 20, 2015 Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a coalition of organizations including the…
July 20, 2015
ASAN Testimony on Assisted Suicide
I write as Director of Public Policy of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), and a member of the Board of Not Dead Yet, to…
July 16, 2015
ASAN Statement on Sentencing in Jude Mirra’s Murder
This statement is available as a Word document and in PDF format. Last week, eight-year-old Jude Mirra’s mother, Gigi Jordan, was sentenced to eighteen years…
June 1, 2015
ASAN Calls for Expanded Coverage of Assistive Communication Devices
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to recognize tablets – such as iPads – as assistive…
May 29, 2015
ASAN Statement On JRC At Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly condemns the Association for Behavior Analysis International for their decision to feature the Judge Rotenberg Center at their 2015…
May 22, 2015
ASAN Calls For Autism Air Carrier Guidance From Department Of Transportation
(Letter to Secretary Foxx, PDF) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20 May 2015 Media Contact: Samantha Crane, Esq. Legal Director & Director of Public Policy Autistic Self…
May 21, 2015
ASAN Letter to House Appropriations on HHS & HCBS
To: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Related Agencies I am writing on behalf of…
April 28, 2015
We Wrote It – Now It’s The Law!
This month, Maryland became the first state in the United States to enact the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s model law banning disability-based discrimination in organ…
April 28, 2015
Statement on CDC Autism Monitoring Efforts
On April 22nd, 2015, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued the following statement regarding the CDC’s recent announcement as to the expansion of the Autism…
April 22, 2015