Submitting public comments is an important way for self advocates to make our needs and priorities known when it comes to public policy. This March, there are two important opportunities…
…communicate with their families and communities. New modes of alternative communication and augmentive communication that take advantage of autistic individuals’ processing strengths and state-of-the-art technology should be pursued. Interventions other…
…things… “access to services and supports for individuals with ASD.” “In general the committee shall be composed of” – and it lists a number of nonscientific agency members including: “Representatives…
…which differ from our own, nonsense is everywhere.This presentation will focus on common forms of false information — and on why it is false. Attendees should learn to identify common…
…all of us can survive. So here we are. We come to mourn for the dead. We come to fight for the living. We come to lay down burdens and…
Last Saturday, I stood in a park across from the Capitol Building, surrounded by my community, as we read a list of names. I could have sworn time stopped; we…
…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!…
…contact elesia.ashkenaz@gmail.com. ASAN’s Columbus chapter has been granted a permit to protest Autism Speaks’ October 11th walk. To participate, please contact myergeau@gmail.com. More protests are being planned. To plan a…
…C.F.R. § 164.510 (b)(4). [10] Jessica Wright, “Depression common among men with autism, study finds,” Spectrum News(August 24, 2015), https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/depression-common-among-men-with-autism-study-finds/; Luigi Mazzone et. al., Psychiatric comorbidities in asperger syndrome and…
…others, there will be no opportunity to share in our community’s moments of celebration. There will be no chance to experience the sweet sense of belonging that we’ve each come…
