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ASAN Letter to FDA on Banning Electric Shock Devices

…of torture and abuse – and that their use would finally be ended. However, despite having already had multiple public comment periods related to the device, FDA allowed an extension…

April 23, 2018

ASAN Celebrates Dismissal of All Charges Against Kayleb Moon Robinson

…deprives children with disabilities, like Kayleb, of their right to a free and appropriate public education. In April 2015, ASAN issued a statement condemning an initial court decision against Kayleb…

March 10, 2016

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Coalition Statement On Updated HCBS Guidance

…Settings (HCBS) Rule, including important requirements around the “heightened scrutiny” process for settings that have institutional qualities. First issued in 2014, the Rule is designed to ensure that limited HCBS…

March 22, 2019

🎃 ASAN October Update 🎃

…stop Robert Roberson’s execution. We signed onto three comments to the Ways and Means Committee about tax code priorities, including Care Can’t Wait and Child Tax Credit. ASAN signed onto…

October 31, 2024

Letter to FDA re: Electric Skin Shock Ban

…services. Following several years of consultation with advocates and clinical experts, –including a day-long public hearing in April 2014 that yielded almost 300 public comments– the FDA finally announced in…

January 29, 2024

Working to End Police Violence and Systemic Racism

…(CCD) draft and release this statement. ASAN is a board member of CCD, a coalition of almost 100 national disability organizations. In this statement, the coalition mourns the murders of…

June 4, 2020

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ASAN Comments on FDA’s Proposed Ban of Electric Shock Devices

…the United States Oct. 21, 1994), available at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session22/A.HRC.22.53.Add.4_Advance_version.pdf. ↑12 To view ASAN’s coverage of this event and the subsequent malpractice lawsuit, start at this article: https://autisticadvocacy.org/2012/04/the-judge-rotenberg-center-on-trial-part-one/ ↑13 https://autistichoya.net/2016/04/26/jennifer-msumbas-jrc-behavior-sheet/ ↑14…

June 20, 2016

⛄ASAN January Update ⛄

…commented on the proposed recission of the rule in 2022, and we celebrate the final rule which rescinds the policy. We urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to…

January 31, 2024

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ASAN Opposes Unjust Changes to ACA Regulations

…avoid discrimination. But by issuing a new final rule, the Trump administration has reversed this progress. The final rule eliminates protections against discrimination on the basis of gender identity and…

June 12, 2020