…participants meet with their Senators’ and Representatives’ offices to discuss policies important to the autistic community. ACI participants then use the skills they have developed to create change in their…
…introductions will give you the information needed to contact your Senators and Representative (for the TIME Act) and your Senators (for the Transition to Independence Act). The introduction to the…
…in the Autistic community, the advocates at Change.org, and the broader disability rights community for the towards justice for Kayleb and his family. The ruling in Kayleb’s case comes after…
…care and clinical research in autism on behalf of the Global Autistic Task Force on Autism Research, a committee comprising autistic advocates, researchers and representatives of organisations by and for…
…social, behavioral, emotional and other challenges, empowering communication and other priorities. ▪ Mandate that the Inter-Agency Autism Coordinating Committee include representation from autistic self-advocacy organizations, such as the Autistic Self-Advocacy…
…sister committee, the President’s Committee on People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID). 4) Change the composition of the IACC to require that at least half of the public members be…
…organization’s means of funding services. Given the huge sums of money Autism Speaks raises from local communities as compared to the miniscule sums it gives back, it is not an…
Dear friends, We need your help. This summer, President Obama signed into law the Autism CARES Act, replacing the Combating Autism Act and giving us an opportunity to turn over…
…The Center for Public Representation, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), and the Epilepsy Foundation commend Senators Brown, Hassan, and Casey and Representative Dingell, for the introduction of the HCBS…
…here. Inclusive Meetings: The Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s Community Living Summit Planning Accessible and Inclusive Organizing Trainings: Strategies for Decreasing Barriers to Participation for People with I/DD Color Communication Badges…
