…to remain in the community,16See About Community Living, Administration for Community Living, last updated April 23, 2019, https://acl.gov/about-community-living; Long Term Supports and Services, The Arc, last accessed March 5, 2019,…
…Inside the Race To Stop the Next Mass Shooter, Mother Jones (Nov.-Dec. 2015 issue) http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/09/mass-shootings-threat-assessment-shooter-fbi-columbine; Lois Beckett, What Do We Actually Know About the Relationship Between Mental Health and Mass…
…to support research into inclusive supports and services to help all autistic people achieve community integration. In our present comments, we reiterate our support for research on communication access and…
…that research funding is directed towards high-quality research with the highest potential to directly benefit autistic people. ASAN has commented on many of the IACC’s full committee meetings in the…
…access to effective communication during the person-centered planning process, including augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology, communication aides, and any extra time or specific supports necessary for that communication. Asking…
…here to download the Easy Read version of Community Living: Laws, Rules, and Programs to Know About. Plain Language Version Click here to download the Plain Language version of Community…
…Enhance the Infrastructure System to Meet the Needs of the ASD Community? (Topic: Infrastructure and Surveillance) ASAN opposes the IACC’s focus on developing biorepository infrastructure for the purpose of biological…
…talk about how we do research. We will focus on participatory research. Participatory research is when the autistic community and researchers work together to design, do, and share research. We…
…of every student that might be dangerous. State lawmakers then pass laws that ask its schools to help the state create a database. A database is an online list of…
…similar groups that speak about us, without us in many disability communities. Finally, in order to communicate our message to the public, we must also realize that the most effective…
