…Lydia X. Z. Brown, lydia@autistichoya.com IDAHO Moscow, ID Tina Baldwin, christina.ann.baldwin@gmail.com ILLINOIS Chicago, IL Amaranthe Zinzani, arzinzani90@gmail.com KANSAS Valley Center, KS Sabrina Percival, silver47protons@gmail.com MAINE Portland, ME Maine Autism Collective,…
…all settings which operate under the name “community”. By putting in place minimum standards to ensure that Home and Community Based Service are delivered in the community, CMS will be…
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA– As part of its new communication rights initiative, Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) has filed a groundbreaking complaint with the Department of Justice, seeking communication supports for five…
These comments are available as a PDF here. Thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments in advance of the IACC’s public meeting on April 13-14th, 2022. In prior…
…make your thoughts on autism research heard! Before February 14, 2024 submit your public comments to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) about autism research. This round of comments is…
…culture, and we look forward to what our community comes up with next. But this December also saw great sorrow. The Autistic community joined our broader communities in mourning the…
…images. Another essential component of effective communication is maintaining access to routinely used communication supports. Many children with developmental disabilities are nonspeaking or unreliably speaking. This is particularly true for…
…ASAN Australia and New Zealand Kathy Isaacs – secretary@asan-au.org Canada Vancouver, BC Autistics United Vancouver Vivian Ly – vancouverautistics@gmail.com Comox Valley, BC Autistics United Comox Valley Iris Parker – comoxvalleyautistics@gmail.com…
Dear Deputy Commissioner Arye, Deputy Commissioner Apgar and Assistant Commissioner Shea: We write on behalf of a broad array of national and New Jersey organizations representing people with disabilities and…
…it is this prejudice – not autism itself – that we have a true interest in combating, in the interest of ensuring for every person the rights of communication, inclusion,…
