…the comments that we think The Department should address at the same time. You can download the PDF of our comments here or read them in the embedded reader below….
…lies as the NYU Child Study Center’s Ransom Notes ads, which our community successfully stopped in 2007, and goes even further, presenting Autistic people as useless burdens on society, on…
…across the world to take control of our own lives and the future of our common community, and seek to organize the autistic community to ensure our voices are heard…
…and focusing on the many voices of the autistic community at every stage of the process and working with a wide variety of stakeholders to produce a range of content…
…get reliable information about a person’s values, goals, and wishes – and never assume that someone who can’t speak can’t communicate.” Everyone has the right to effective communication and self-determination….
…We are appalled by these comments, and dismayed that it was necessary to release our statement once again repudiating the scapegoating of our community. We must never allow our community…
…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!…
…needs, separating a grade into groups that study different levels of mathematics or reading, using inclusive language, and telling students that those segregated in the special education system are part…
…address the profound crisis facing the disability community. In the days and weeks leading up to this vote, the disability community communicated clearly and frequently with Congress about what we…
…nation. Day of Action Remarks – DC Curt Decker Julia Bascom Nicole Jorwic Stephanie Hydal Reid Caplan Laura Hatcher Press Boston, MA https://www.boston25news.com/news/demonstrators-protest-electric-shock-therapy-used-at-canton-facility/943153301 Poughkeepsie, New York http://miscellanynews.org/2019/05/02/opinions/judge-rotenberg-center-tortures-its-disabled-students/?fbclid=IwAR3dNQ5xSsZ9P4PJbu7DQgmvQ6OCFuSe04r3ojm74rA2ASQHwIwqnvS5ku0 Johnson, TN https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2019/04/23/fda-must-end-legal-torture-autistic-people/3550065002/…
