…on it. I care about the Harriet McBryde Johnson award because it acknowledges an important truth about disability advocacy, particularly autism advocacy: The stories we tell matter. A vital part…
…These factors are properly understood as issues of accessibility and bodily autonomy, not symptoms of autism or other developmental disabilities or “behaviors” to be managed. They have both acute and…
By Maddy McEwen; originally published on the blog Whitterer on Autism. This term of art only has meaning in the quagmire of America. Many of us have older autistic children…
…Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world…
…information, contact Sam Crane, ASAN’s Legal Director, at scrane@autisticadvocacy.org. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes…
…to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which autistic people enjoy equal access, rights, and opportunities. We work to empower autistic people…
…spectrum and deaf, I have tolerance neither for illiterate comparisons (such as comparing autism to a fatal car accident), nor being regarded with suspicion when I do not act or…
…to prevent the deadly consequences of these policies. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that…
By Paula Durbin-Westby; originally posted on the ASAN Northern Virginia blog. http://www.autismhangout.com/news-reports/feature-programs.asp?id2=103 Note: The anti-“Cassandra” campaign has nothing to do with Tony Attwood personally but everything to do with his…
…Crane, ASAN’s Legal Director, at scrane@autisticadvocacy.org. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal…
