…on discriminatory assumptions. Community inclusion: Full inclusion in the community needs to be examined and research initiatives should focus on this very important aspect of adult life, and life for…
ASAN February Newsletter Dear friend, While we hunker down from the winter weather, we’re reminded that everyone should have a safe place in the community to call their own. From…
…lives and 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,…
…to work to ensure that people with disabilities can access robust community services. We submitted comments on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, providing feedback on a set of…
Nine years ago, Congress passed the Combating Autism Act (CAA), legislation that focused federal autism research and policy activities on creating a world without autistic people. In 2011, Congress re-authorized…
…the world of autism. Drawing on the principles of the cross-disability community on issues such as inclusive education, community living supports, and others, ASAN focuses on organizing the community of…
…the U.S. Department of Education; the Attorney General of the United States; the U.S. Department of Justice; the House Committee on Education & Labor; the Senate Committee on Health, Education,…
…paid by you, in the interim. With the evaluations completed and bills mounting, you collect, collate and send in the next few months of therapy claims to the insurance company….
…of hours per week in disability-specific settings in order to receive services that could instead be provided in the home, school, or community, their rights to integration into the community…
Link to video clip of comments (captioned) Thank you for permitting me to address this meeting of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. I am representing the Autistic Self Advocacy Network….
