ASAN Dismayed by Debt Ceiling Deal
ASAN is dismayed by the debt ceiling deal recently signed into law. While Medicaid remains protected, ensuring access to Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) and…
June 5, 2023
Statement
ASAN Praises Introduction of 2023 Keeping All Students Safe Act
ASAN strongly supports and thanks Congress for the introduction of the 2023 Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA). KASSA would ban almost all kinds of…
May 18, 2023
Being Black and Disabled in Public Should Not Be a Death Sentence
Jordan Neely, a 30-year old unhoused Black man, was killed by another New York subway passenger last week. His family has reported that Neely was…
May 8, 2023
ASAN Condemns Medicaid Funding Cuts and Work Requirements in House Debt Ceiling Proposal
ASAN is alarmed by the House’s passage of the Limit, Save, Grow Act yesterday, on April 26th. This bill would impose budget cuts and work…
April 27, 2023
ASAN Statement on the Guardianship Bill of Rights Act
ASAN applauds the recently introduced Guardianship Bill of Rights Act. The Act would protect important civil rights, make guardianship rarer and less restrictive, and establish…
April 11, 2023
ASAN Statement on Updated Autism Diagnosis Numbers
Today, the Centers for Disease Control released the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network report. This report estimates how many autistic 8-year-olds there are…
March 23, 2023
ASAN Condemns Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care
UPDATE: On 3/23/2023, Governor Kemp signed Georgia Bill SB140 into law, which bans many forms of gender-affirming care for youth in the state. On 4/13/2023,…
March 22, 2023
ASAN Supports Reintroduction of the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
Today, members of Congress reintroduced the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA). TCIEA would end the subminimum wage for disabled people (called 14(c), based…
February 27, 2023
ASAN Objects to Ending the Federal Public Health Emergency Status of COVID-19
ASAN Objects to Ending the Federal Public Health Emergency Status of COVID-19 On May 11th, 2023, the Biden administration will end the national emergency and…
February 9, 2023
Congress has Supported the FDA’s Right to #StopTheShock
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network welcomes the passing of the omnibus bill with a provision that gives the FDA the right to ban contingent electric…
December 23, 2022
ABAI Finally Opposes the Use of Electric Shocks at the JRC
After a vote by the membership of Applied Behavioral Analysis International (ABAI), the governing body of ABA practitioners, ABAI has reversed their position on the…
November 16, 2022
ASAN Remembers Lois Curtis
ASAN is mourning for Lois Curtis. Lois Curtis was one of two people who sued for their rights in an important disability rights case called…
November 7, 2022