The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, a grassroots organization of people on the autism spectrum, supports a complete ban on prone restraint, with no exceptions. No child should be restrained because…
Background & Talking Points for IACC Request for Information on Services & Support Background: The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) has put out a Request for Information (RFI) to seek…
Hello everyone, I am happy to announce that PETA’s recent, “Got Autism?” billboard has been removed by the advertising company hosting it. The billboard misinformed the public about the autism…
Why use the word Autistic? The decision to use the word Autistic is a deliberate and political one – whilst it can be acknowledged that person first language has had…
Hello, I’m writing to ask you to sign our petition, calling on Dr. Tony Attwood and Dr. Isabelle Hénault, two respected experts in the world of Autism, to disassociate themselves…
Audio of the speech is available at: http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Audio/JTB_Law_Symposium/2009/2009%20tenBroek%20Law%20Symposium/2009_JTB_Law_Symposium_Keynote.mp3 The rest of the symposium is available at: http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp The past half-century has seen a great proliferation in new kinds of conversation…
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network recently created a petition and a statement to the community regarding the need for Dr. Tony Attwood and Dr. Isabelle Hénault to disassociate themselves from…
Our projects seek to support our systems change work by improving public understanding of autism, empowering Autistic people to take leading roles in advocacy, and promoting inclusion, self-determination, Autistic culture,…
The recently issued report by the Advancing Futures for Adults with Autism (AFAA) project, a collaborative effort of Autism Speaks and several other organizations, has made recommendations for improving adult…
Hello, We are writing to you on behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. ASAN has partnered with researchers at multiple universities to create the AASPIRE Gateway Project (www.aaspire.org/gateway). The…
