Normal Is Just A Setting On A Washing Machine
…Sun, and got invited to speak at an autism conference in Philadelphia about what it was like to be an adult on the autism spectrum. During my winter break that…
April 7, 2007
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Killing Words
…parents is very common in the autism community.” The statement, signed by both Autism Society presidents, blamed her actions on a lack of services. They also noted that “the divorce…
April 10, 2012
ELSI Symposium Goes Live
Over $1 billion has been spent over the course of the last decade on autism research funding. During a time of constant budget cuts and increasing fiscal pressures on government,…
April 13, 2012
Make your voice heard! Submit your public comments on Autism Research and Telemedicine this March
…to the IACC about Autism Research The IACC makes recommendations about where federal funds for autism research should go and what subjects should be prioritized. The IACC meets several times…
March 7, 2023
ASAN Applauds Build-a-Bear Ending Support for Autism Speaks
ASAN applauds Build-A-Bear Workshop’s decision to end their partnership with Autism Speaks. For years, self-advocates and families have urged corporate donors to reconsider their funding to Autism Speaks, pointing out…
August 19, 2014
ASAN Statement on Umpqua Community College Shooting
…we urge the media and policymakers to recall this and avoid promoting irresponsible and inaccurate links between autism, mental health and violence. Research has indicated that Americans on the autism…
October 7, 2015
Comments at May 12, 2008 IACC Meeting
…in research about autism. To answer research questions that are considered relevant by the autistic community. To use research findings to effect positive change for people on the autism spectrum….
May 13, 2008
The Burden of Proof
By Estée Klar; originally posted on the blog The Joy of Autism, now archived here. Adam and I have been busy. He’s typing out more sentences and we’re talking a…
January 15, 2008
How I Became an Autistic Self-Advocate
…autism.” I tried to convince her she was mistaken and that Asperger’s was very different from what she might have learned about autism. That people with Asperger’s certainly could talk,…
April 11, 2010
ASAN’s Response to the IACC RFI on Co-Occurring Conditions
…before being diagnosed with autism. Labels of oppositional defiant disorder or aggressive, dangerous, & self-injurious behavior (SIB) disproportionately affect autistic people of color, especially Black autistic people. Misdiagnoses delay access…
February 12, 2024