Genetic Research & Autism
…autism research, lays out ASAN’s concerns about genetic research as applied to autism, and recommends safeguards to make sure that any genetic research on autism is done by and for…
April 2, 2022
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Comments for April 13-14th IACC Meeting
…a recommendation for a new “administrative term” called “profound autism” (Lord et al., 2021, p. 278). Lord et. al. (2021) stated that this new term would be applied to autistic…
March 31, 2022
The Judge Rotenberg Center on Trial, Part 3
…which Dr. Whaley agreed in principle, if not to the actual application as it applied to this case. During testimony, Dr. Whaley revealed that, after being strongly criticized the day…
April 18, 2012
Open letter to the Lancet Commission on the future of care and clinical research in autism
…for short-term interventions, including medication and behavioural trials. To improve autistic lives, we need concepts developed by autistic scholars applied to clinical research. We need research on causes of mortality,…
February 14, 2022
What We Believe
…The most common type of this therapy is Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). ABA uses rewards and punishments to train autistic people to act non-autistic. ABA and other therapies with the…
June 25, 2021
ASAN to Nevada: Betty’s Village is Not Community
…requires that such limitations on autonomy be narrowly tailored to an individual needs as specified in the Person-Centered Plan (PCP), and not applied across the board to all individuals in…
October 2, 2015
All Kids Deserve Inclusive Classrooms
…separate LGBTQ+ students or to deprive them of participation. It is reprehensible to suggest that discrimination faced by students with disabilities should be applied more broadly to other marginalized communities….
August 18, 2022
Joint Comment on the IACC Draft Strategic Plan 2008
…than Applied Behavior Analysis must be studied. Because research on ABA has shown only limited positive outcomes, other methods must be studied, keeping in mind the heterogeneity of the autistic…
September 30, 2008
ASAN Talking Points on DSM-5
…as a sub-type of ASD utilizing a similar structure to that which has been applied within the ADHD diagnosis. APA should proceed with the development of a unified, single ASD…
May 7, 2012
Call for Action to End the Judge Rotenberg Center and Aversives
…or her behavior program, is mechanically restrained on a platform and GED shocks are applied at varying intervals. … An example of this is found on one NYS student’s behavior…
October 12, 2009