
☔ASAN April Update ☔
…to receive services that are truly community-based and that respect our rights. The training prepared self advocates to inform people in their communities about the setting rule, and gave strategies…
…to receive services that are truly community-based and that respect our rights. The training prepared self advocates to inform people in their communities about the setting rule, and gave strategies…
…their experiences of racism, exclusion, and underrepresentation in autistic communities and in organized advocacy. And many of our community members have reached out to ASAN, urging us to do better…
…to these injustices, to commemorate the lives of victims, and demand justice and equal protection under the law for all people with disabilities. Since 2012, ASAN and other disability rights…
…services delivery. Increase representation of services-oriented agencies and autistic adults on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), established by the CAA, is tasked…
From protests to policymaking, the disability community has spent years fighting for our right to be fully included in our communities. Generations of disabled activists fought for our rights to…
…our right to access public places under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). By unnecessarily forcing people with disabilities to navigate complex red tape and wait for…
…things… “access to services and supports for individuals with ASD.” “In general the committee shall be composed of” – and it lists a number of nonscientific agency members including: “Representatives…
Today, the new membership of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) was announced. The IACC is a committee that advises the federal government on autism issues and oversees federal autism…
…of voters with disabilities and our families. ASAN hopes that, going forward, Congress will proactively engage with disability advocates in order to develop meaningful, bipartisan proposals that make healthcare better…
…recognition of autism, and an encouraging reduction of racial and gender disparities in diagnosis, have caused rates of diagnosis to rise slightly in the communities surveyed. There is more work…