Urgent Action Required: The NYU Ransom Notes campaign defames people on the autism spectrum and others of neurological difference. Take action now!
An essay by Joel Smith. One really serious prejudice disabled people face – especially people with neurological and mental disabilities – is getting appropriate medical care. There’s tons of problems in the current system, all of which could quite easily be changed…
ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson presented the opening keynote at the 10th Annual Penn State National Autism Conference on July 30, 2007. Click here to watch the video webcast.
Employers can realize a significant financial gain when they are willing to be flexible in managing a diverse population of workers. When an adjustment to the workplace environment makes an employee more productive, that equation includes not just the cost (if any) of the changes that are made, but also the value of the added productivity.
ASAN Urges Autistic Membership on Autism Task Force: However experienced the many experts and advocates are about autism issues, we adults who are ourselves on the autism spectrum know the issues and needs that face our population better than anyone.
An essay by Kate Goldfield: I started out college fully confident that it would be the solution to all my problems, but found this was anything but the case. After struggling for a few years, though, I began to make the social connections that I had always dreamed of. I still had problems, and still longed to be like the others, but at least I was starting to develop a sense of community. This is the story of that discovery.
An essay by Kate Goldfield: Living on campus? Interacting with other people? Being away from home? It can sound like a nightmare to many people. But if you know a few things before you start, it can become a very manageable prospect…
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman gave his views at the Board of Freeholders meeting in Middlesex County, New Jersey, advocating the funding of inclusion programs and opposing the construction of two new segregated schools for students with disabilities.
ASAN Urges Comprehensive Ban on Aversives: In testimony to the New York State Education Department regarding proposed regulations on aversives and restraints, ASAN President Ari Ne’eman condemned the use of aversives and stated that restraints are not legitimate medical interventions.
ASAN Endorses Pilot Initiative: ASAN President Ari Ne’eman presented testimony to the New Jersey Legislature in support of an initiative to provide autism services and discussed the need to ensure representation for people on the autism spectrum in public policy discussion.
An essay by Joel Smith. Often, autistic people are seen as needing “accommodation”. We need something “special” to function in society, something that is fundamentally different than the types of things non-disabled people need. But why is that? Too often, it’s a result of social expectation or presence of barriers in society.
An essay by Ilise Feitshans. Disability, if viewed appropriately as a universal facet of the human condition, is a cross cutting issue that unites all people: Everyone has a disability, everyone has a gift. Society needs the benefits from each of these features of individual variability to promote human progress and benefit from interdependence…
