Plain Language Roundup: We Keep Us Safe
The administration made many bad choices in the past few weeks. The administration is the president and the parts of the government that he can…
August 27, 2025
Statement
ASAN Condemns Federal Takeover of DC Policing
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly opposes the Trump administration’s dangerous intrusion into policing in the District of Columbia. Such actions place autistic people and…
August 20, 2025
ASAN troubled by recent vaccine policy choices
In the last few weeks, the federal government has made some choices about vaccines that are not based on science or facts. You can read…
August 8, 2025
ASAN Denounces Executive Order Criminalizing Disabled & Unhoused People
On July 24, President Trump signed an executive order that calls for expanding the use of civil commitment, making it easier to institutionalize people with…
July 31, 2025
What does the Skrmetti Decision mean?
The Supreme Court made a bad decision this month. That decision is called the Skrmetti Decision. This decision hurts our community. We’re going to explain…
July 30, 2025
ASAN Says No Generative AI in Plain Language
Plain language is an important part of making things accessible for disabled people. We are very worried that people are using artificial intelligence to translate…
July 29, 2025
After Budget Bill Passes, We’re Staying in the Fight
This afternoon, Congress passed their reconciliation budget bill, enacting the largest cuts to Medicaid in US history. Disabled people were betrayed by politicians who claim…
July 3, 2025
ASAN Condemns Dangerous Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care for Transgender Youth
In today’s decision in United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. This decision means that transgender youth…
June 18, 2025
Plain Language Roundup: Explaining “The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Report”
Last week, the White House put out a report. The report was called “The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Report”. We call it the MAHA…
June 4, 2025
ASAN Condemns Release of Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Report on Chronic Childhood Conditions
Update: 6/04/2025 After the release of our statement, it was reported that many of the sources the MAHA report relied on to make the claims…
May 28, 2025
Crisis of confidence: Robert F Kennedy Jr. continues to use his position at HHS to promote lies about autism & public health.
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is alarmed at Robert F Kennedy (RFK) Jr.’s continued choice to prioritize unethical junk science and dangerous misinformation about the…
May 15, 2025
Autism Leaders United in Call for Action Following Roundtable in Washington D.C.
Statement available as a PDF here. As Congress scrutinizes sweeping HHS budget proposals, advocates demand inclusion, protection, and person-centered reform “We don’t need to divide…
May 15, 2025