The following letter from over 60 disability rights organizations has been sent to numerous national sponsors of Autism Speaks. Individual signatories can show their support by signing the petition at…
NOTE: This letter has been sent to: The Office of Disability, Department of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of…
I attended a legislative hearing today at the State House on aversives and the bills around it. I began by saying that I was a person with an autism diagnosis,…
Testimony given to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Town Hall Listening Session on the ADAAA Proposed Regulations, Philadelphia, PA, 10/30/09; Stuart Ishimaru,…
For Immediate Release: December 9, 2009 Disability Coalition Applauds Introduction of Legislation that Protects Students with Disabilities from Abuse Seclusion and restraint legislation one of 12 items on Coalition Agenda…
By Susan Etlinger; originally posted on the blog The Family Room. In the earliest days of Isaac’s diagnosis, there would be a certain point at which the specialist would stop…
By Susan Etlinger; originally published on the blog The Family Room. I lay in bed at night, soothed to sleep by the sound of crickets and the occasional owl. “HOO…
By Stephanie Allen Crist; originally published on the blog Embracing Chaos. A little boy steps off the bus, confused by his unexpected surroundings. This year—the year he starts kindergarten—the bus…
By Stephanie Allen Crist; originally published on the blog Embracing Chaos. Marc Sirkin, chief community officer at Autism Speaks, said: We believe that all perspectives are valid and need to…
By Maddy McEwen; originally published on the blog Whitterer on Autism. ‘I am be…’ This is a little phrase I hear every so often. To be honest, it’s not a…
