…Our staff work to educate communities, support self-advocacy in all its forms, and improve public perceptions of autism. ASAN’s members and supporters include autistic adults and youth, cross-disability advocates, and…
…believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which autistic people enjoy equal access, rights, and opportunities. For more information about the organization, please visit: https://autisticadvocacy.org…
Following ASAN-Oregon’s protest against Autism Speaks on Saturday, Sept. 26th, 2009, an interview with ASAN-Oregon activist Elesia Ashkenazy was the lead story on the evening news on Portland TV station…
…adult children’s autism, parents may face ‘least bad’ decisions”. The piece, which fails to quote a single autistic person, presents the abuse that the Land twins allegedly suffered as an…
…Conference. Color Communication Badges are an accommodation to support social interaction for people with a variety of disabilities and communication needs. Color communication badges were first developed by Autism Network…
…people are heard in policy debates and the halls of power. Our staff work to educate communities and improve public perceptions of autism. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, ASAN relies…
ASAN’s protest against Autism Speaks in Washington DC on October 31, 2009, received local media coverage that included a WAMU news story and an article in The Hilltop Online….
…Ed Pilkington, UN calls for investigation of US school’s shock treatments of autistic children, The Guardian (June 2, 2012 2:29 p.m.), https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/jun/02/un-investigation-shock-treatments-autism?newsfeed=true. ASAN therefore argues that the best prevention method…
…hope that you do not leave the disability community behind in your forthcoming executive order. Sincerely, American Civil Liberties Union Association of Persons in Supported Employment Autistic Self-Advocacy Network Autism…
ASAN is excited to announce the generous donation made by Nicole Cliffe to fund ASAN’s Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) program over the next ten years. Every year at ACI, we…
