
🛎️ ASAN April Update 🛎️
…we need to live safely in our communities. Home- and community-based services (HCBS) funding has a direct impact on the disability community throughout the entire country—the Senate must not negotiate…
…we need to live safely in our communities. Home- and community-based services (HCBS) funding has a direct impact on the disability community throughout the entire country—the Senate must not negotiate…
…be cut by $22 million. NIDILRR focuses on applied research to improve community living–it is one of the most important federal research programs for the disability community. Funding for Independent…
…help managing their money from owning a gun.1ASAN Statement on SSA Representative Payee Gun Database Rule, Autistic Self Advocacy Network (May 2, 2016), https://autisticadvocacy.org/2016/05/asan-statement-on-ssa-representative-payee-gun-database-rule/. Congress later passed a law that…
…to continue for far too long. The Commission recommends phasing it out and expanding capacity for competitive integrated employment — jobs in the community where people with disabilities work alongside,…
…community. Some of our community members are facing dangerous losses to their home- and community-based services. These are vital programs that support people with disabilities to participate in society, and…
Many disabled people rely on home- and community-based services (HCBS) to live in the community. Now, at a time when COVID-19 is rapidly spreading, these services are more critical than…
This April, ASAN will be working with activists and community members across the country to help launch Autism Acceptance Month, a celebration of Autistic culture and community. We want you…
…their models and practices to come into compliance with the regulations. Contrary to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ belief, the Final Rule does not merely require states to ensure…
…aims to inform CMS’ decision-making and the disability community’s public comments. “Ensuring the integrity of Home and Community Based Services is a crucial component of protecting the rights of Americans…
…Toronto, ON Autistics for Autistics, rayashields@hotmail.com Burnaby, BC Autistics United Vancouver, vancouverautistics@gmail.com Kamloops, BC Brenda Anderson, timandbrenda90@gmail.com IRELAND Dublin, Ireland UCD Students, hannah.bryson@ucdconnect.ie UNITED KINGDOM Aberdeen, Scotland Topher Endress, topher.endress@gmail.com…