Comments for October 26 IACC Meeting
These comments are available as a PDF here. Thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) continues to…
October 18, 2016
Policy
ASAN Supports and Calls for Immediate Committee Hearing on H.R. 2302
In the wake of the deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and others at the hands of law enforcement officers, ASAN announces its support for…
July 11, 2016
ASAN Praises Pennsylvania House Bill That Would Ban Disability Discrimination in Organ Transplants
ASAN applauds the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for passing House Bill No. 585, which would ban disability discrimination in organ transplants in the state. The…
June 30, 2016
Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, LGBT Groups Release Statement on Needs of Trans Autistic People
Today, the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and the National Center for Transgender Equality released a joint statement about the needs of…
June 22, 2016
A voice for all: Why I’m fighting to help Autistic students access the form of communication that works best for them.
This March, I filed a complaint with the Department of Justice on behalf of five non-speaking autistic students in Arlington, VA who use letter-boards to…
May 19, 2016
ASAN Statement on SSA Representative Payee Gun Database Rule
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) strongly opposes a rule proposed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that would report individuals who receive Social Security…
May 2, 2016
Statement on FDA Proposed Rule Banning Use of Electric Shock Devices
On April 22, 2016, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) issued the following statement on the proposed FDA rule to ban the use of electric…
April 22, 2016
ASAN Expresses Concern over New Autism Research Funding Numbers
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is deeply concerned by numbers released today by the Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC) showing that autism research funding around…
April 19, 2016
ASAN Urges Confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) urges the Senate to confirm Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to fill the current vacancy on the Supreme Court….
March 30, 2016
ASAN Joins Letter Opposing Harmful Mental Health Bill
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has joined a letter led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights opposing legislation that would undermine protection…
March 9, 2016
ASAN, Disability Rights Ohio, and National Federation of the Blind Win Landmark Department of Labor Decision Against Sheltered Workshop
In a groundbreaking opinion issued yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor found that a sheltered workshop in Ohio had violated federal minimum wage laws by…
February 4, 2016
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Joins Disability Rights Amicus Brief Opposing Physician-Assisted Suicide in New York
On Wednesday January 6, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network joined Not Dead Yet and nine other disability rights organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief opposing…
January 15, 2016