ASAN Condemns House Vote on American Health Care Act
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) condemns today’s vote by the House of Representatives to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The AHCA, if…
May 4, 2017
Statement
ASAN Condemns White House Autism Proclamation
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly condemns the President’s regressive World Autism Awareness Day proclamation, and the announcement that the White House will be participating…
April 1, 2017
ASAN Opposes Seema Verma for CMS
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network calls on Congress to reject the nomination of Seema Verma, a longtime proponent of harmful health care policies, as Director…
February 24, 2017
Statement on the Sentencing of Alex Spourdalakis’ Murderers
Alex Spourdalakis, a 14-year-old autistic boy living in River Grove, Illinois, was murdered by his mother and godmother in June of 2013. After trying and…
December 12, 2016
ASAN Statement on Proposed Nomination of Jeff Sessions
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network condemns the proposed nomination of Senator Jefferson Sessions III, a staunch opponent of civil liberties, as United States Attorney General….
November 23, 2016
Statement on the Institutionalization of Arnaldo Rios-Soto
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) strongly condemns the institutionalization of Arnaldo Rios-Soto, an Autistic Latino young man, in Carlton Palms – a facility with…
August 26, 2016
ASAN Statement on Shooting of Charles Kinsey
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly condemns the police shooting of Charles Kinsey, an unarmed Black support worker to an autistic man in Miami. Those…
July 22, 2016
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
Statement on Autism Speaks Board Appointments
On December 7, 2015, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) issued the following statement regarding Autism Speaks’ recent appointment of two Autistic people to its…
December 7, 2015
Statement on Shooting at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino
On Wednesday, December 2nd, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued the following statement regarding the shooting at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California: Earlier…
December 2, 2015
Statement on the Murder of Nicholas Richett
On Friday, June 19th, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued a statement regarding the murder of Nicholas Richett. On Friday, June 12th, police in Melvindale, Michigan…
June 19, 2015
ASAN Statement on Sentencing in Jude Mirra’s Murder
This statement is available as a Word document and in PDF format. Last week, eight-year-old Jude Mirra’s mother, Gigi Jordan, was sentenced to eighteen years…
June 1, 2015