June 6, 2012
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Joint Letter to the Massachusetts Conference Committee
We are writing as concerned members of the disability community to urge you to give your support to Amendment #548, which bans the use of electric shock aversive “therapy,” as contained in the Senate FY 13 Budget We ask that this be included in the FY 13 Budget Conference Committee Report.
June 6, 2012
You are not a burden.
by Lydia Brown, at Autistic Hoya To the person who found my blog by searching Google for “feel like i’m a burden aspergers:” You are…
June 1, 2012
Voluntarios
Como organización de base pro derechos civiles de las personas con discapacidades, ASAN depende de voluntarios para ayudar con muchos aspectos de nuestro trabajo. Nuestros divisiones locales necesitan voluntarios para ayudar con proyectos comunitarios, la organización de eventos especiales, y otras actividades. También hay oportunidades en línea, como investigación y escritura. Si vive cerca de una división local o no, ¡hay muchas maneras de involucrarse con ASAN como voluntari@!
May 28, 2012
Letter to ACLU on Wrongful Birth and Life Statements
As civil rights advocates, we are grateful for the ACLU’s tireless work. However, we strongly feel that your defense of these suits fails to address issues that reach beyond reproductive choice and that profoundly affect people with disabilities.
May 25, 2012
May 2012 Newsletter
From The Board by Ari Ne’eman When it comes to disability advocacy, the details matter. A lot. For many years, the self-advocacy movement has worked…
May 18, 2012
May 16, 2012
A Poem
by Dora Raymaker When the numbers roll in, I see where I fall: 1 in 1,000 1 in 150 1 in 88 children America has…
May 14, 2012
Making Disability Studies Accessible
by Ari Ne’eman Last week, Inside Higher Ed carried an intriguing piece from University of Maryland graduate student and New Inquiry editor Nathan Jurgenson. The…
May 14, 2012
Autism, Being Autistic and Acceptance
by Amy Sequenzia What is our place in the world? Who are we? Those questions should be easy to answer. Yet, they are not. For…
May 11, 2012
We need to listen
by Liz Pellicano When I was a young academic at Oxford University, I was lucky enough to work with several autistic students, helping them…
May 10, 2012
The Acceptance Letter
Dear Mumu, One day, in case you ever feel like knowing more about how you light up our world, I am building a digital hope…
May 9, 2012