Joint Letter to be Released: More than 60 national, international, and local disability rights organizations have signed onto a letter condemning the organization Autism Speaks for exploiting those it purports to help.
An essay by Stephanie Allen Crist. It’s human nature to disagree. It’s human nature to degrade. It’s human nature to let prejudice, assumptions, and ignorance sway our thoughts and emotions. It’s human nature to have to fight for the rights and worth of minority groups. … I do not believe human beings, as a species, will ever get passed these fundamental flaws.
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman and ASAN’s cross-disability campaign against Autism Speaks and its “I Am Autism” video were featured in articles that ran in New Scientist…
Following ASAN-Oregon’s protest against Autism Speaks on Saturday, Sept. 26th, 2009, an interview with ASAN-Oregon activist Elesia Ashkenazy was the lead story on the evening news…
ASAN’s Portland, Oregon chapter organized a protest of an Autism Speaks fundraising walk on Saturday, Sept. 26th, 2009. Watch video from Oregon TV station KPTV-12 and watch video…
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman and the ASAN-led cross-disability campaign against Autism Speaks’ video “I Am Autism” were featured in an article on Disability Scoop, an online…
Protests Planned Against Autism Speaks: ASAN is preparing a joint letter from the disability community in response to the horrific statements in the “I am Autism” video. In addition, our activists and allies are organizing protests to confront Autism Speaks’ fundraising efforts.
Vicious Prejudice Shown in Autism Speaks Video: We have provided the full transcript of the “I am Autism” video by Autism Speaks, which depicts Autistic people as useless burdens destroying their families and society.
Student Involvement Fair: The Ohio State chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network worked a table at the student involvement fair, a community event with over 500 student and community organizations, and distributed informational handouts.
Community Works Together for Removal of Billboards: Thanks to those who wrote in and called about the kidnapped children billboard campaign, ASA-York has agreed to pull the billboards. This is a sign of the importance of working together as a community to address issues like this.
Billboard Removal Requested: ASAN has contacted the Autism Society of York, Pennsylvania, expressing concern about a billboard campaign depicting Autistic children as kidnapping victims.
White House Disability Policy Meeting: The steering committee of the Justice for All Action Network (JFAAN), a cross-disability coalition, met for an hour with two senior White House officials to discuss some of our common policy priorities.
