…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…
…(CMS) announced a new rule that may help people get the services they need in truly integrated settings. The new rule sets forth standards for the settings where people receive…
…using rules about who can get LTSS that deny any group of people who need it access to it in the community limiting services in the community by limiting how…
…usually did not decide to live there. They were put there by someone else. Institutions are not run by the people living there. Institutions are run by the people who…
…for community living research and policy, the HCBS Settings Rule, and the right to vote. We worked with the National Council on Disability to put out a report on the…
…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…
