🏖️ ASAN August Update 🏖️
…research about us without us — we’ve got two ways you can help researchers understand our community’s priorities! One way is to submit comments to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee…
August 31, 2023
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Joint Letter to CDC on proposed ICD-9-CM wandering code
…while only 18% of adults on the autism spectrum receiving developmental disability services have a diagnosis of mental illness, 41% of such individuals are receiving psychotropic medications, suggesting a high…
April 4, 2011
ASAN Comment on Healthy Pennsylvania 1115 Demonstration Application
…and ensuring that the voices of Autistic people are heard in policy debates and the halls of power while working to educate communities and improve public perceptions of autism. ASAN’s…
April 10, 2014
Joint Report Issued on Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Standards
…services to individuals on the autism spectrum while working to change public perception and combat misinformation by educating communities about persons on the autism spectrum. The organization’s activities include public…
May 18, 2011
Senate Fails to #StopTheShock
…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 across…
September 28, 2022
ASAN Comments on HHS Proposed Updates to Section 504
…HHS’ concern about the unmodified application of these tools to people who may be nonspeaking or lack full control of their movements due to disabilities like autism or cerebral palsey….
November 14, 2023
ASAN condemns possible shortening of COVID-19 isolation guidelines
…for protecting the public from the ongoing risk of COVID-19. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN…
February 15, 2024
ASAN Applauds Proposed 504 Updates from HHS
…principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which autistic people enjoy equal access, rights,…
September 8, 2023
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…as opposing harmful stereotypes about autism, protecting children from dangerous restraints and other abuse, and making sure that the voices of self-advocates are heard in the public conversation about autism….
June 26, 2020
Disability Community Celebrates Guardianship Decision For Adult Woman With Down Syndrome
…Autistic adults and youth, cross-disability advocates, family members, professionals, educators and friends. ASAN was created to provide support and services to individuals on the autism spectrum while working to change…
August 2, 2013