…approaches to community safety that provide alternatives to the police and the criminal legal system, including access to community-based crisis services and other community initiatives that reduce interactions with police….
…our community’s needs. ASAN, alongside you and the entire disability community, will keep fighting until those needs are met. The Inflation Reduction Act does include some broader policies that will…
…systemic inequality accessible to all, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “Fighting for Fairness: it starts with you!” was created to support self-advocates with intellectual disabilities and provides easy-to-understand…
…to go with our Racial Disparities in Community Living toolkit. The videos talk about racial disparities in emergency management, explores how policy choices, now and in the past, keep disabled…
…in the social services that allow people with disabilities to live in and contribute to our communities. Analysis The budget makes cuts that affect people with disabilities primarily in three…
…years is now over 1600 names, and it takes more than an hour and a half to read.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvCrYFpb6HU Day of Mourning 2022 Remarks by Executive Director Julia Bascom We…
…Your Right: A Know-Your-Rights Guide for Voters with Mental Disabilities and Advocates,” explains laws that can affect voters with disabilities, including voter-competence requirements, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state…
…issues facing the disability community, including our right to equal COVID-19 Treatment. We released comments demanding that when a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, people with disabilities have equitable access to…
…ability to make choices about their lives. Sharisa is the former president of Autcom, representative to the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council, manager of Voices and Choices of Autism, and active…
…community. Some of our community members are facing dangerous losses to their home- and community-based services. These are vital programs that support people with disabilities to participate in society, and…
