ASAN explains the budget request
Introduction: What is a budget request? Every year, the President sends a budget request to congress. We’re going to explain here what the budget request…
May 9, 2025
Statement
ASAN Condemns Transphobic HHS Report
ASAN condemns the new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on transgender health care. This report, produced under President Trump’s executive…
May 1, 2025
Plain Language Roundup: Autistic Lives are Worth Living
It is almost the end of Autism Acceptance Month. But the government keeps on hurting autistic and other disabled people. Last week, we joined other…
April 29, 2025
HHS Walks Back “Autism Registry” Plans
On Monday, April 21st, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to collect federal and private health data for upcoming autism studies….
April 25, 2025
ASAN Gravely Concerned by Administration’s Plans for Autistic People’s Medical Data
4/24/25: ClarificationAs of late this afternoon, HHS has released new information about the proposed autism database that we discussed in the statement below. We are…
April 23, 2025
Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community
April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of…
April 17, 2025
ASAN Statement on Updated Autism Diagnosis Numbers Amidst Attacks on Autistic People
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network report. This report estimates how many autistic 8-year-olds…
April 15, 2025
ASAN Calls For End to Police Violence After Cops Kill Autistic Latino Teen Victor Perez
Victor Perez was a 17-year-old nonspeaking autistic, Latino child with intellectual disability and cerebral palsy. On the night of April 5th, police were called to…
April 14, 2025
Trump and Kennedy Spouting Dangerous Autism Misinformation
Today in a cabinet meeting, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised that “by September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and…
April 10, 2025
ASAN Unimpressed by White House’s 2025 “Autism Awareness Day” Announcement
Today, the administration announced its recognition of “World Autism Awareness Day.” This is a step backwards from the previous administration’s recognition of World Autism Acceptance…
April 2, 2025
ASAN Appalled by Hiring of Quack David Geier for HHS Study
HHS, under the direction of RFK Jr., has hired known conspiracy theorist and quack David Geier to run a planned study which will investigate the…
March 26, 2025
ASAN Condemns Trump’s Executive Order on the Department of Education
On March 20th, the Trump administration released an executive order calling on the Secretary of Education to take steps to close the Department of Education….
March 20, 2025