…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, Without Us!…
…and Alternative Communication, 29(2), 117–131. https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2013.785020; Drager, K., Light, J., & McNaughton, D. (2010). Effects of AAC interventions on communication and language for young children with complex communication needs. Journal…
…been facing for years. They then set about finding and building community with other Autistics and finding common ground with the larger cross-disability community. Assistant Secretary of Education Alexa Posny…
These comments are available as a PDF here. Leslie Kux Associate Commissioner for Policy Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD…
…Vermont, 2015-2022 American Community Survey. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved from https://www.thinkwork.org/statedata/build-a-chart?report=comparison Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA), S.533 and H.R.1263, SEC. 102, 118th Congress, (2023), https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/533 and https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1263…
…access to effective communication during the person-centered planning process, including augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology, communication aides, and any extra time or specific supports necessary for that communication. Asking…
…Communication is a human right. In the guidance that it published last month, the National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of People With Severe Disabilities affirmed that communication is…
…Yet. Blaise Bryant: independentlivingcom@gmail.com Rochester, NY Disability Moving Assistance, Inc. Ericka Glick: vtdisabilitymovingassistance@gmail.com OREGON Portland, OR Nuerodivergent Solutions. Lanie: iamloislaneprojects@gmail.com PENNSYLVANIA Collegeville, PA—In Person (Virtual option available, please email.) Ursinus…
…intellectual, and communication disabilities–not just the latter. All behavior is communication and behavior labeled as “challenging” is often an autistic person communicating or responding to an unmet need. ASAN has…
…to enter the community. Community inclusion is a complex idea that involves the degree to which a person is connected with both a community’s members and its institutions. The ability…
