…ASAN also organized an annual week-long self-advocacy training for these groups called the Pacific Leadership Academy. In addition, ASAN developed plain-language self advocacy resources and guides, which focused on teaching…
…be torture in 2013. The FDA’s proposed rule to ban the devices this year received hundreds of public comments in support of the ban, and this bill would take that…
…be tied to a specific and documented safety need and reviewed for effectiveness and continued need. Recommendations: CMS should incorporate within the Final Rule a requirement that receipt of any…
…This resolution includes instructions that would lead to Medicaid cuts in the final budget reconciliation bill. It is important to call your Senator to tell them to vote no on…
…on ASAN’s positions with respect to HCBS please contact Kelly Israel, our Policy Analyst, at kisrael@autisticadvocacy.org. [1] For more information on ASAN, visit our website at: https://autisticadvocacy.org/. [2] While a…
…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…
…a statement on genetic research and autism. Written in plain language, this statement gives background information on autism research, lays out ASAN’s concerns about genetic research as applied to autism,…
…Director of Public Policy Greg Robinson represented ASAN. He shared our organization’s ongoing work, provided recommendations for where we’d like to see CMS provide additional support, including on the Access…
…our sponsors for so generously helping ASAN pull this event together and do the work that needs doing year-round, and I’d like to thank our wonderful MC, Maria, for leading…
…a disturbing precedent which may be applied to other rights. ASAN urges the SSA to reconsider the possible negative impacts of this rule on persons with disabilities. ASAN will be…
