Cafe Press: Advocacy Success
Earlier this month, many in the Autistic community expressed concern when CafePress announced that they would be donating 10% of the proceeds from items tagged “autism” to Autism Speaks. We…
April 25, 2011
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Focus Group on Autism and Ethics
Focus Group on Autism and Ethics A Focus Group of the Autism NOW Center http://autismnow.org Keynote Speaker: Ari Ne’eman, President, Autistic Self Advocacy Network The Autism NOW Center is a…
May 24, 2011
Policy Analysis on the Revised Autism Criteria in the DSM-5
…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…
April 15, 2014
ASAN Expresses Deep Concern over Scarborough Remarks Suggesting Aurora Shooter on the Autism Spectrum
…and for adults on the autism spectrum, issued a statement today expressing concern and disappointment regarding comments by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough suggesting that the shooter responsible for the recent…
July 23, 2012
Community Living Summit Resources
…version of ASAN’s Community Living Summit: What Autism Researchers Should Study. Plain Language Version Click here to download the Plain Language version of ASAN’s Community Living Summit: What Autism Researchers…
June 13, 2019
ACTION ALERT: Call On Congress to Oppose H.R. 4631, the Combating Autism Re-Authorization Act
…of the bill continues to exclude autistic people from the federal committee that oversees autism research (the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee), continues the use of offensive language and politicizes appointments…
May 27, 2014
Building an Inclusive Rights Agenda for Autistic Adults: Joint Statement from ASAN and the Republic of Malta
…draft and also better implement policies that truly leave no one behind. Full video of the event from the United Nations: http://webtv.un.org/search/autism-and-the-crpd-building-an-inclusive-rights-agenda-for-autistic-adults-cosp9-side-event/4944503049001?term=autism Official video from the Republic of Malta:…
June 17, 2016
Affiliate Groups
…AutismTN Self-Advocate Community Groups Casey Davis and Leah Quazi – support@autismtn.org Wisconsin Wisconsin Autism Empowerment Sandra Krause – skrause20@outlook.com International affiliate groups: Australia Aberfoyle Park, SA ASAN Australia and New…
August 8, 2018
The Acceptance Letter
…this you will. I know you are always here. I once watched a youtube video named “Autism Took Mikey”. I never understood that video. Autism didn’t take you anymore than…
May 9, 2012
Submit your public comments to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee by April 1st
What would it look like if federal autism research funding was spent researching subjects autistic people care about? Autism researchers could direct more funding towards how to make work or…
March 15, 2022