…Act (ADA) in federal court in Connecticut. Ms. Hernandez, who has autism, is hard of hearing, and has auditory processing disabilities, says she ran for a position on the Board…
…Vuong, ACI 2018 Alum More Information To apply for Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI), you must: Be autistic. You do not have to have an official autism diagnosis to apply. You…
…the proposed revisions to the definition of autism. Funded by a grant from the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), these policy briefs were produced through ASAN’s Program on…
An action alert issued by the Jewish Federations of North America calls for amendments to the Combating Autism Act of 2006, which is due to expire on September 30, 2011….
Autism acceptance is not just a buzzword — it is an action. It means changing how society thinks about autism, respecting the rights and humanity of all autistic people, and…
…meal to her daughter, who could not eat food served cold due to sensory issues associated with autism. Despite disclosing disability status as the basis for the request, the flight…
…is not an ethical–or scientifically plausible–response to autism. Can you imagine? If you had told me five years ago that Autism Speaks would remove the word ‘cure’ from their mission…
…Updates Autism Speaks is Sued for Discrimination In early May 2012, Simone Greggs ready to start a job with Autism Speaks asked for a job accommodation. Her Autistic teenager went…
…viewing autism as a variation of human wiring, rather than a disease. As such, neurodiversity activists reject the idea that autism should be cured, advocating instead for celebrating autistic forms…
…accessible to many more members of our community. And in the last seven years, ASAN has trained 124 advocates through theAutism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Leadership Academy (and 206 total since…
