…own sake, we should be addressing the barriers, from society and from our selves, that have kept autistic people from fully participating in autistic community life. But I believe opening…
…it rarely touches on the intersection between race and disability in school discipline. It does not prohibit the use of police in schools, although it does warn that their behavior…
…Specified (NOS) only supported this diagnosis further, in his estimation. He moved on to discuss psychosis and catatonia, speaking generally about the conditions. Specifically, he stated that although a psychotic…
…open on the desk, with jagged bits of paper in the middle where the torn page hadn’t come out evenly. Kelsey slammed the notepad shut and dropped it back into…
…employer would willingly pay full wages for disabled workers. However, many 14(c) workers are productive enough to form part of the supply chain in for-profit enterprises.3,4 Like their nondisabled peers,…
…local polling officials illegally make determinations of competence and prevent certain people from casting ballots. In direct violation of numerous federal laws, disabled people frequently face barriers to voting based…
…Advocacy Network, ASAN, is against physician-assisted suicide and specifically, H 1998. We believe that both the practice and the bill discriminates heavily against those with physical and developmental disabilities. In…
…Loud Hands Project is about survival, resilience, and pride. The Loud Hands Project is necessary because autistic youth face systematic oppression, abuse, and bullying every day. It does not “get…
…Director Shuren, [We/I] write to express [our/my] support for the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed ban on electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) for use in treating self-injurious or aggressive…
…these misconceptions, explain a bit more about our community and inform those assembled here today about the public policy priorities – and concerns – of the autistic self-advocacy movement. In…
