…It’s Your Right: A Know-Your-Rights Guide for Voters with Mental Disabilities and Advocates SARTAC: Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center Everybody Communicates: Toolkit for Accessing Communication Assessments, Funding and…
…violates our rights. That’s why ASAN teamed up with the Arc, Center for Public Representation, Communication First, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and DREDF to create a guide…
…our growth and a tribute to the power of our grassroots to fight for the rights of our community. Join us for an evening celebrating our community with our award…
…letter encouraging the department of Health and Human Services to support the needs of the disabled community when it comes to COVID-19, accessibility, and discrimination. This letter is part of…
…found there was no good reason to keep using them. In 2020, the FDA passed a ban on the devices. This ban gave the JRC 180 days to stop using…
…Sacramento, adindzans@csus.edu COLORADO Durango, CO Community Connections, Inc., jnewman@cci-colorado.org CONNECTICUT Monroe, CT Samantha Goldfarb, samanthagoldfarb@gmail.com GEORGIA Athens, GA Presbyterian Student Center at University of Georgia, emmatpeacock@gmail.com Atlanta, GA Autistic Self-Advocacy…
…to take care of yourself and your communities in this difficult time. The disability community has been using mutual aid and powerful advocacy to get through this pandemic. We will…
…and using aversive interventions to harm them. A Government Accountability Office study found hundreds of cases over the last two decades of alleged abuse and death from restraint and seclusion…
…information circulating about our disability. We urge media and other community leaders to accurately reflect in their communications on this tragedy the lack of any connection between our community and…
…information about self-directing your support services, and outlines different options for supports we can use for housing, employment, daily living, and accessing our communities. You can download the PDF here….
