…Network is to provide effective supports to autistic females of all ages through a sense of community, advocacy, and resources. FACT SHEET CONTACT: Lydia Brown at 781.854.6346 or lydiab.abdulsaleeb@gmail.com AUTISM…
…have pushed back on incorrect, hateful ideas about vaccines and about the contributions disabled people make. Communities have led protests and marches to push back against racist anti-immigrant policies. When…
…Degree in Public Health Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to ASAN, he worked in community program development around housing and community health for underserved communities in Philadelphia as…
…Cindy, my only friend, has stolen a doll from my knapsack, but I pretend I haven’t seen her stuff it up her blouse. Jes*]}*sie #2 makes fish faces and chants…
…on Health and Disability American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council Association of University Centers on Disabilities Autism Society…
…an asylum if they want.” (http://www.nytimes*]}*.com/2012/01/20/health/film-about-treatment-of-autism-strongly-criticized-in-france.html) Autistic self-advocates around the world would like to voice their support for France to move toward more inclusive education and community-based service provision for…
…Employment Act (TCIEA) to pass. TCIEA gives states and employers help to move disabled employees from sheltered workshops to competitive integrated employment opportunities. Competitive integrated employment (CIE) means a job…
…it alone, The Guardian (November 27, 2018, 10:01 a.m.), https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/27/gene-edited-babies-no-one-has-moral-warrant-go-it-alone; (3) Elliot Hosman, Slipping Into Eugenics? Nathaniel Comfort on the History Behind CRISPR, Biopolitical Times (July 23, 2015), https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/slipping-eugenics-nathaniel-comfort-history-behind-crispr?id=8741. ASAN…
…it preferable to see a regulation that precluded provider-owned or controlled residential settings from receiving HCBS funds at all under the HCBS program. However, we acknowledge that compliance with such…
…nursing homes. Others look more like houses, such as group homes or “intentional communities”. But all of these places are institutions. ASAN does not support any kind of institution. The…
