…his support for and cosponsored the Community Choice Act. This legislation has a broad base of support within the aging and disability communities. In fact, over 80 national aging and…
…treatment or punishment http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session22/A.HRC.22.53_English.pdf For further inquiries on this subject, please email Samantha Crane, ASAN’s Director of Public Policy, at scrane@autisticadvocacy.org; or Julia Bascom, ASAN’s Deputy Executive Director, at jbascom@autisticadvocacy.org…
…Although the state may choose to retain a “full compendium” of services in “all settings, both disability-specific and integrated into the community” (Rhoades Ltr. at 1), it may not use…
…on the dollar was returned to the DC community. And nationally, only 4% of Autism Speaks’s budget goes toward family and community services. When it comes to research, the numbers…
…we released key talking points for community members to use in their comments during the American Psychiatric Association’s public comment period on the DSM-5. Over the course of the last…
…the Department of Homeland Security is taking comments on the rule. Anyone can comment on the rule, and the government is required to read and respond to the comments. It…
…not on this committee, you can email the subcommittee staff leads and other Committee staff. Our email tool will automatically email the right people for you. Then, get the word out by…
…us. Make your voice heard by submitting a comment to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee before each meeting! Learn more about the IACC and how to submit a comment with…
…What are institutions? What are home and community-based services? What are quality measures? How do people come up with quality measures? How can we tell who is in control of…
…and Long-Term Services and Supports. Download Summary PDF here: Summary Paper: ASAN’s Invitational Summit on Supported Decision Making and the Transition into the Community Download Conclusions & Recommendations PDF here:…
