…this project at the following website: http://www.psychologyofdisability.org Thank you very much for your time and input! ~Adena Rottenstein, M.S. Doctoral Candidate University of Michigan adena@umich.edu http://www.psychologyofdisability.org Lorraine Gutierrez, Ph.D. Faculty…
A one-pager about the The Home and Community-Based Services Access Act can be found as a PDF here. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), The Arc of the United States,…
…the IDD community is to ensure information is communicated in a cognitively accessible manner. However, existing research into the best practices to ensure cognitive accessibility of communications has been limited. …
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These comments can be downloaded as a pdf here. On behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, I am grateful for the opportunity to provide written testimony regarding the Autism…
…Acción y representación de la comunidad son componentes críticos en el proceso del DSM-5 para asegurar criterios diagnósticos que son precisos, científicos, y validos por investigación. Además, nuestra comunidad tiene…
Hello, In the past, we’ve written to you about advocacy issues relating to the rights of adults and youth on the autism spectrum. Our voices have made a difference on…
…with disabilities are better off dead than alive. We in the disability community need to change this narrative and keep illustrating that our diverse and complex lives are worth living….
…in Canton, Massachusetts, the lawsuit against the program and some of its most important staff for these abuses, McCollins guardian v. Von Heyn et al, has finally gone to trial…
…with the implication that black men are inherently threatening – echoes those made by Trayvon Martin’s killer in Sanford, Florida and Michael Brown’s killer in Ferguson, Missouri. Such claims ignore…
