What We Believe
…rule. Aversives are not a good way to teach disabled students. There is no reason to use them on disabled kids. ASAN thinks aversives are abuse, and should never be…
…rule. Aversives are not a good way to teach disabled students. There is no reason to use them on disabled kids. ASAN thinks aversives are abuse, and should never be…
…people in response to the film MUSIC. The run-time is 10 minutes. This film contains graphic descriptions of restrain and seclusion and includes conversations about and references to topics such…
…standards the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and Services (CMS) mandated in its January 2014 Final Rule on HCBS settings. Under the new rule, residential HCBS settings must be integrated…
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…In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new rule that may help people get the services they need in truly integrated settings. The new rule…
…implementing the next phases of The Loud Hands Project in the near future. This will include launching an in-depth, interactive website that will provide information and resources related to self-advocacy,…
…The article, describing an incident in which a teacher put an Autistic child in a bag with a drawstring in a school hallway, can be read on national news sites…
…exploiting those it purports to help. The letter will be released on Wednesday, October 7 by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), the leading advocacy organization run by and for…
…for Supported Decision-making’s website, on the “In Your State” section. If it is not there, search the term “ [name of your state in brackets] supported decision-making law,” for example…
…in his back and another’s grip on his arm.”3 The JRC website describes these practices as “intensive treatment procedures”4 but almost every national disability organization agrees that the use of…