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
Statement
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
ASAN Disappointed by McMahon’s Confirmation
ASAN is disappointed that the Senate chose to ignore the voices of our community and confirm Linda McMahon as the next Secretary of Education. As…
March 4, 2025
ASAN Condemns Announcement of President’s “Make America Healthy Again” Commission and Harmful Ideas about Autism and Other Disabilities
On February 13th, the president issued an Executive Order saying that the administration would be establishing a commission to attempt to lower the prevalence of…
February 13, 2025
ASAN Disappointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Confirmation to Lead HHS
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is disappointed by the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services….
February 13, 2025