…throughout the autistic, autism and general disability communities. For those of you who haven’t, the details are as follows. Nathan Darnell, a six-year old autistic student at Taylor Elementary School…
ASAN’s Paula C. Durbin-Westby delivered a talk “Autism, Literature, and Popular Culture: The Curious Coincidence of Autism Metaphors Across Diverse Genres” to the Honors Program at Ashland University in Ohio….
The autistic community mourns the loss of Genevieve Edmonds, a UK-based advocate and author on the autism spectrum who committed suicide this past week. Genevieve was a leader in advocating…
April 2nd 2008 On this the inaugural World Autism Day ASAN AU asks society to recognize the existence, needs and aspirations of Autistic Adults living in our society. We call…
…handled in such a matter-of-fact way that I didn’t think any more of it than other kinds of doctors’ appointments. The word “autism” was never mentioned in front of me;…
…the broader autism world to effectively communicate ASAN’s priorities and perspectives to different stakeholders, including self-advocates; non-autistic family members; autism researchers; service providers; other autism organizations; relevant governmental bodies; the…
…representing a prominent participant in the invasion of the Capitol building on January 6th, 2021. There is no link between autism and white supremacist ideas, nor between autism and violence….
…on Disabilities Autism National Committee Autism Society of America Autistic Self Advocacy Network Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN) National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities National Disability Rights Network…
…Issues in Autism Research, this has been an exciting year for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. We celebrated our fifth anniversary, engaged in advocacy on critical issues like stopping the…
…has financial conflicts of interest that would prevent her from weighing in on critical issues such as Medicaid coverage for mental health and autism-related interventions. This means that these critical…
