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…
In March, the Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule went into effect. This Rule is all about our right to receive services that are…
When systems that people made discriminate against people because of their race, we call that structural racism. Structural racism is built into our systems —…
These comments are available as a PDF here. DEA Federal Register Representative/DPW8701 Morrissette DriveSpringfield, VA 22152 Submitted via regulations.gov RE: Public Comment in Response to…
ASAN March Newsletter With new resources, new opportunities, and new ways our community is supporting our work, we’re celebrating the newness of spring here at…
Disability Day of Mourning is a chance for our community to remember disabled people lost to filicide, or the murder of a family member.. We…
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…
These comments can be downloaded as a pdf here. On behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, I am grateful for the opportunity to provide…
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network appreciates the opportunity to submit comments for the April 4th, 2023 IACC meeting. In our last comments to the IACC,…
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,…
The HCBS Settings Rule makes sure we have basic rights when we receive services. But before March 17th, 2023, a lot of people weren’t getting…
This Friday, the Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule will go into effect. This Rule is all about our right to receive services that…
