For Immediate Release: March 4, 2010 Disability Coalition applauds passage of Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion Legislation Legislation that protects students with disabilities a key item on Coalition Agenda (Washington…
…regarding social communication, sensory integration, emotional regulation, and adaptive skills. Until now, much advocacy for coverage of “autism interventions” has focused on purely behavioral approaches, like Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)….
…with disabilities. Finally, we applaud the Advisory Committee’s recommendation to have Federal financial participation in Medicaid incentivize competitive integrated employment. Such an approach has a long track record of success…
…being influenced by ASAN staffers and eventual mentors like Ari Ne’eman, Julia Bascom, Zoe Gross, Sam Crane, and Noor Pervez who helped me see, reexamine, and reshape my parenting approaches….
…countless gay youth and resulted in anxiety, depression, and increased risk of suicidal thoughts and attempts. These practices mirror those used against autistic people in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), which…
…studied the problem appears to be that consent of a parent or guardian is a questionable or inadequate basis for sterilization”). As disability rights advocacy organizations, we would note that…
…The Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination (CPSD) Applied Self-Direction Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) The Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL) Association of University Centers on Disabilities…
…This work is more urgent than ever, as we approach year 5 of this ongoing pandemic, and face the possibility of many more in our lifetimes. Even as these pandemics…
…feedback is regarding two areas of the regulation – first, the choice to provide coverage only for Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), and second, the need to ensure that providers competent…
…six weeks because a private contractor lost track of a $1 payment. This punitive approach to health coverage can be particularly harmful for Autistic individuals. Autistic people often experience executive…
