…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…(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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…years is a long time in the life of an organization. When Scott Robertson and I founded ASAN in 2006, we began with nothing but a simple assertion that all…
