Your ACA advocacy is working – keep it up!
Dear friends, A few weeks ago, the Senate took the first steps toward repealing the Affordable Care Act. Since then, you’ve mobilized to defend our…
January 30, 2017
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We Need YOUR HELP To Defend The ACA!
Dear friends, Less than two weeks ago, the Senate took the first steps toward repealing the Affordable Care Act. Since then, you’ve mobilized to defend our health…
January 23, 2017
Announcing the 2017 Autistic Scholars Fellows!
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is very pleased to announce the recipients of our 2017 Autistic Scholars Fellowship! ASAN awards $5,000 tuition scholarships to 4 to…
January 19, 2017
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Tell the Senate to Defend the ACA!
Dear friends, We already knew our right to access health care would come under attack — but we didn’t realize just how soon. At 1:30…
January 12, 2017
2016 ASAN Gala: Speech by Ari Ne’eman
Video [CC] Introduction by Steve Silberman, Master of Ceremonies It is my great honor to introduce Ari Ne’eman, ASAN’s executive director and co founder with…
December 12, 2016
2016 ASAN Gala: Speech by Julia Bascom
Video [CC] Introduction by Steve Silberman, Master of Ceremonies It is my incredible pleasure to introduce ASAN’s incoming director, Julia Bascom. [Applause] One of the…
December 12, 2016
2016 ASAN Gala, Ally of the Year: Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán
Video [CC] Introduction by Samantha Crane Just to introduce myself, I’m Samantha Crane, Director of Public Policy, Legal Director at ASAN. [Applause] I’d like to…
December 12, 2016
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
2016 ASAN Gala: Speeches and Award Ceremonies
Below are links to videos and transcripts of speeches given at the 2016 ASAN Gala by our President and our Incoming Executive Director, and videos…
December 9, 2016
2016 ASAN Gala, Service to the Self Advocacy Movement: The Arlington Five
Video [CC] Introduction by Samantha Crane Hi, everyone. I’d like to present our final award, an award for Service to the Self Advocacy Movement, to…
December 9, 2016
2016 ASAN Gala, Harriet McBryde Johnson Award for Non-Fiction Writing: Dylan Matthews
Video [CC] Ari Ne’eman, Introducing Presenter of Award So in what is now my actual last public remarks as President of ASAN. [Laughter] I have…
December 9, 2016
ASAN’s 2016 Annual Report
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a national grassroots disability rights organization run by and for Autistic Americans, advocating for systems change and ensuring that…
November 29, 2016