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Category Archives: Press
White House Continues to Ignore Self-Advocates
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is disappointed to learn that the White House is again participating in Autism Speaks’ “Light It Up Blue” campaign. While self-advocates work to promote autism acceptance, disability rights, and self-determination this April, the White House chooses to promote a stigmatizing and outdated view of...
Posted in Press, Statement
Tagged autism acceptance month
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ASAN Statement on Gun Violence Prevention Following Parkland Mass Shooting
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) joins the nation in mourning the loss of the seventeen men, women, and children who were murdered on February 14, 2017 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. As in all mass shootings, these deaths were tragic, senseless, and preventable. We...
Posted in Changing Perceptions, News, Statement
Tagged Congress, florida shooting, gun crime, gun safety, gun violence, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, parkland, parkland mass shooting, statement
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ASAN Condemns President’s Budget Request
Statement: ASAN strongly condemns the deep cuts that the President’s proposed budget would make to Medicaid, Social Security, employment programs, housing supports, and other critical programs for people with disabilities. The President’s profoundly hypocritical proposal would simultaneously slash the critical programs that help people with disabilities find employment, while...
Posted in News, Policy, Statement
Tagged budget, federal budget, fy19, fy19 budget, statement, wh, White House
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ASAN Statement on Medicaid Work Requirements
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) strongly opposes the Trump Administration’s decision to use work requirements to push individuals out of Medicaid programs. This morning, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that states will be allowed to impose work requirements for Medicaid eligibility, a devastating and...
Autistic People Deserve A Better Budget
ASAN condemns the final passage of the 2018 Budget Resolution, which would set the stage for tax cuts for corporations and the richest Americans by cutting $5 trillion dollars over the next decade from Medicaid, Social Security, and other essential services that allow people with disabilities to live good...
ASAN Condemns New Attacks On The ACA
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) condemns the multiple new attacks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the Trump administration in the past 24 hours. These attacks undermine our health care system, will raise costs for everyone, and threaten the lives of people with disabilities. ASAN calls on...
Posted in News, Policy, Press, Statement, Therapies and Health Care
Tagged Congress, eo, executive order, health care, healthcare, Medicaid, statement, xo
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ASAN Condemns Executive Order Sabotaging the ACA
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) condemns the executive order issued by President Trump today attacking critical protections for people with disabilities in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The executive order would make it easier for insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, and could allow insurers...
Posted in Policy, Press, Statement
Tagged affordable care act, health care, statement
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