ASAN, DREDF File Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Reproductive Health Case
This brief is available as a PDF here. On Monday, ASAN and the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) filed an amicus brief in…
September 22, 2021
Policy
ASAN, 35 Advocacy Organizations File Amicus Brief Supporting Civil Rights Laws
View this statement as a PDF here. Today, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, ACLU, and thirty-four other advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief encouraging broad…
May 19, 2021
ASAN Comments On CMS HCBS Recommended Measure Set
This letter is available as a PDF here. November 18, 2020Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244 Submitted electronically to: HCBSMeasuresRFI@cms.hhs.gov…
November 24, 2020
ASAN, Partners Release New Guidelines On Support In Health Settings
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) says that we have the right to reasonable accommodations in health settings. That can include the right to a…
May 15, 2020
ASAN Welcomes Ban of Electric Shock Torture
Today, the Food and Drug Administration released their final ban on the electric skin shock devices used to torture children and adults with disabilities at…
March 4, 2020
ASAN Condemns Block Grant Proposal
The Trump Administration has given states the green light to apply for Medicaid block grants. Allowing states to change their Medicaid funding to block grants…
January 30, 2020
ASAN Opposes the RESPONSE Act
ASAN condemns the introduction of the RESPONSE Act in the Senate. While this bill frames itself as an attempt to prevent gun violence, in reality,…
October 23, 2019
ASAN Praises House Passage of Raise the Wage Act
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network applauds the passage of the Raise the Wage Act in the House of Representatives. This bill would raise the federal…
July 16, 2019
Letter to NJ Governor on Deaths at Wanaque Center
Governor Phil Murphy125 W State StTrenton, NJ 08608 cc: Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A.CommissionerDepartment of HealthP. O. Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 cc: Carole Johnson, CommissionerNew…
June 14, 2019
ASAN Condemns New Religious Refusals of Care Rule
ASAN condemns the Trump Administration’s new “Religious Refusals of Care Rule”, which allows hospitals and medical providers to refuse people care based on their religious…
May 2, 2019
ASAN Letter to the House Opposing HR 1112
This letter is available as a PDF here. February 28, 2019 VOTE NO ON H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 Dear Representative:…
February 28, 2019
ASAN Comments on HIPAA Privacy Rule
February 11, 2018 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Attention: RFI, RIN 0945-AA00Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F 200 Independence…
February 14, 2019