John Marble’s Speech for ASAN Gala 2019
…fantastic! It is easy to do so on the ASAN Web site. So please do. Sorry, I got emotional. And uh, lost lost my place. Yes, I’m sorry. Am I…
…fantastic! It is easy to do so on the ASAN Web site. So please do. Sorry, I got emotional. And uh, lost lost my place. Yes, I’m sorry. Am I…
The Pacific Alliance on Disability Self-Advocacy (PADSA) The Pacific Alliance on Disability Self-Advocacy (PADSA) was a project run by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network from 2013 to 2016, funded as…
…from denying access to necessary organ transplants solely on the basis of a qualified individual’s disability; Require that health providers consider, in evaluating the likelihood of a transplant’s success, the…
…SW, Room 5107 Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2500 Dear Secretary Collett: The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)1For more information on ASAN, view its website at: https://autisticadvocacy.org/ appreciates the opportunity…
…coordinate national self-advocacy efforts in conjunction with the Director of Programs, Leadership Programs Coordinator, and other ASAN staff. The job is a salaried position based out of ASAN’s Washington, DC…
…Services Final Regulation (HCBS Settings Rule). The HCBS Settings Rule lays out the minimum standards for home and community based services providers. The HCBS Settings Rule is in effect. We…
…or parents.” To the extent this baseless prejudice is given credence by family law judges and social workers, it endangers the basic human right to marry and raise children. I…
…to pieces like Jim Sinclair’s seminal “Don’t Mourn for Us” or Julia Bascom’s “Quiet Hands”. Look to your favorite Autistic authors and bloggers for a place to start – or…
…Bureau, Child maltreatment 2012 at 41 (2013), available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/cm2012.pdf#page=56. Michigan was not one of the states that provided data. [2] Nora Balderian, Thomas Coleman, & Jim Stream, Spectrum Institute,…
…or medical background. Only one person on the panel is listed as a self-advocate, and none of the proposed panelists have an intellectual disability. This is a glaring and unacceptable…