…coronavirus relief package. The disability community has been overlooked in Congress’s previous attempts to address COVID-19. Now, Congress is working on a third bill, the largest one yet—and we are…
…Little Lobbyists discusses the need for changed policies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Py5ehq4sg Mia Ives Rublee of Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress unpacks access to testing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6BQnsdfJks Natalie Kean of…
…in COVID relief. We released comments and a statement regarding the selection of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) committee members. We are pleased to see a more representative cohort…
…rights groups to advocate on behalf of our community. The latest legislation takes some much-needed steps to protect people with disabilities, but leaves many of our community’s most critical needs…
ASAN April Newsletter Dear friends, As we wrap up another Autism Acceptance Month, we are honored and grateful to be a part of celebrating autistic culture and community. Acceptance is…
…you to issue a Final Rule clarifying that Home and Community Based Services must not be delivered on the grounds of an institution, in a housing complex designed expressly around…
…up to in the last month, and of what we have coming up. We are thrilled that the work of our community over the last few years has already begun…
…the future of our common community, and seek to organize the autistic community to ensure our voices are heard in the national conversation about us. Nothing About Us, Without Us!…
…putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don’t sit there crying and screaming, idiot.” These comments represent dangerous misinformation. The refusal by Talk Radio Networks to condemn the comments or…
…we may communicate by typing on a computer, spelling on a letter board, or pointing to pictures on an iPad. Some people may also communicate with behavior or the way…
