…civil rights of Autistic people and other individuals with disabilities. For more information on ASAN, go to https://autisticadvocacy.org/ appreciates the opportunity to offer comments on the proposed rule amending regulations…
…policy, such as: education, employment, reproductive rights, health care, home and community-based services, voting rights, supported decision making, emergency management, etc. Previous lobbying experience. Comfort with public speaking (which can…
…of TCEIA is the House Education and Workforce (Ed&Work) Committee. The Senate HELP Committee and the House Ed&Work Committee work together to pass bills that they both agree on. This…
…This is alarming, but the disability rights movement, along with many other civil rights movements, are very familiar with demanding to have our voices heard and fighting for positive change…
…on disability rights, trans rights, the rights of people of color, and so many other marginalized groups intensifying. It is incredibly easy to feel discouraged — but we also know…
…Disabilities (NACDD), and the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). We commend DOL for conducting a comprehensive review of the Section 14(c) program in 2023. The time has come to…
…intellectually and developmentally disabled community have access to culturally competent home and community-based services that meet individual support needs. ASAN works to ensure that these services are provided in non-restrictive…
…Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. ASAN urged against the dismantling of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. Alongside hundreds of national, state, and…
…to communication supports for individuals who have no equally effective alternate forms of communication. As a result, the Committee stands to dramatically undermined ASHA’s mission of “making effective communication, a…
…it alone, The Guardian (November 27, 2018, 10:01 a.m.), https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/27/gene-edited-babies-no-one-has-moral-warrant-go-it-alone; (3) Elliot Hosman, Slipping Into Eugenics? Nathaniel Comfort on the History Behind CRISPR, Biopolitical Times (July 23, 2015), https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/slipping-eugenics-nathaniel-comfort-history-behind-crispr?id=8741. ASAN…
