Thoughts from the Food Pantry
…in the hall. Apparently this is revolutionary.) Another place where the process is really inefficient is that, after the client fills out the forms and receives the basic groceries that…
…in the hall. Apparently this is revolutionary.) Another place where the process is really inefficient is that, after the client fills out the forms and receives the basic groceries that…
…classrooms where they could not communicate except through pointing to pictures, using communication apps that didn’t work for them, that their teachers weren’t trained to use. Their exclusion and inability…
…applying for a green card, or applying for an adjustment of status (with some exceptions) is deemed “likely to become a public charge,” they may be excluded from the country….
On December 7, 2015, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) issued the following statement regarding Autism Speaks’ recent appointment of two Autistic people to its Board of Directors. On December…
…be inappropriately limiting services offered to autistic children to those offered by Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapists. “Some IDEA programs may be including applied behavioral analysis (ABA) therapists exclusively without…
…bodies, even if they don’t appear to need that care. Transition-related health care for transgender and nonbinary people is related to sexual and reproductive health care. Transition-related health care is…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Melody Latimer Autistic Self Advocacy Network Phone: 202-630-7477 [email protected] AUTISTIC ADVOCACY GROUP CONDEMNS PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT OF ANTI-VACCINE ACTIVIST PETER BELL Recent appointee Peter Bell has…
…L.C., which held that the States must provide people with disabilities with “community-based treatment” and appropriate supports, 527 U.S. 581, 607 (1999). Over the course of the past two years,…
…of identification such as improved diagnoses and greater awareness and efforts to diagnose ASD,” said Autistic researcher and doctoral candidate Steven Kapp. The CDC’s report also acknowledged that at least…
…to live a full life, effective communication of some form is. Given that approximately one-third of autistic people do not develop usable oral speech, it is imperative that significant research…