Affiliate Groups

ASAN affiliate groups are state and local disability advocacy groups that share a basic set of core values and policy positions with ASAN. Affiliate groups receive technical assistance, peer support, and advocacy alerts from ASAN, while retaining flexibility to focus on whatever issues are most relevant to them. Affiliate groups are listed here to encourage collaboration with each other, as well as to help interested individuals connect with groups that are local to them.

In order to become an ASAN affiliate group, your group must be:

  • Run by people who identify as self-advocates with developmental disabilities (for example, autistic people or people with intellectual disabilities).
  • Inclusive of the entire autistic and disabled community. To give a few examples, your group should be welcoming and accessible to people with intellectual disabilities, nonspeaking people, people with mobility impairments, etc.
  • Currently active (have a meeting or event about once a month).
  • Willing to update ASAN periodically on your activities.

To apply to become an ASAN affiliate group, please email Alex Grandstaff at agrandstaff@autisticadvocacy.org to receive an application.

List of affiliate groups by state:

Alabama

Huntsville, AL
Huntsville Autistic Adults
Holly Foshee – huntsvilleautisticadults@gmail.com

California

Sacramento, CA
California Autistic Self Advocates (CASA)
Ashley Robertson – caautisticselfadvocates@gmail.com

Santa Rosa, CA
Autistic Rebel Family
Rachel E Hundley – rachelhundleyesq@gmail.com

Illinois

Chicago, IL–On Hiatus
Autistics Against Curing Autism – Chicagoland
Timotheus Gordon, Jr. and Amanda Burkhart – aaca.chicagoland@gmail.com

Kentucky

Louisville, KY
Kentuckiana Autism Spectrum Alliance (KASA)
Micah Peace – kyautisticalliance@gmail.com

New York

Buffalo, NY
Neurodiversity Network of WNY
Adriana Ragland-Wnyneurodiversity@gmail.com

New York, NY
Autistic Adults NYC
Nicole Russell- nrussell@autisticadultsnyc.org.


North Carolina

Greenville, NC
Autistic Students Alliance (ASA)
Ellie Maye – autisticstudentsalliance@gmail.com

Pennsylvania

Allentown, PA
Prism
Robin Gow – robinfgow@gmail.com

Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania Center for Autistic Advocacy
Cori Frazer – info@autisticpgh.org

Gettysburg, PA
Phoenix Rising
Theodore Pakowski theodoreszpakowski@gmail.com 

Tennessee

Nashville, TN
Nashville Autism Peer Support (NAPS)
Patricia Powell – NashAPS4you@gmail.com

International affiliate groups:

Australia

Aberfoyle Park, SA
ASAN Australia and New Zealand
Kathy Isaacs – secretary@asan-au.org

Canada

Vancouver, BC
Autistics United Vancouver
Vivian Ly – vancouverautistics@gmail.com

Comox Valley, BC
Autistics United Comox Valley
Iris Parker – comoxvalleyautistics@gmail.com

Winnipeg, MB
Autistics United Manitoba
Baden Gaeke Franz – manitobaautistics@gmail.com

Ontario
Autistics for Autistics Ontario
Taryn Hamlyn – a4aontario@gmail.com

London, ON
London Autistics Standing Together (LAST)
Anne Lessnerkraus – londonautistics@gmail.com

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Neurodivergent and Disability Alliance
Andrew Michael Dixon e22amd@mun.ca
 

Mexico

Mexico City, Mexico
Autistas de México
Yadira García Rojas–autistasdemexicoac@gmail.com

Portugal

Aveiro, Portugal
Associação Portuguesa Voz do Autista
Sara Rocha – geral@vozdoautista.pt