ASAN New England Testimony on Aversives by Sara Willig
I attended a legislative hearing today at the State House on aversives and the bills around it. I began by saying that I was a person with an autism diagnosis,…
October 27, 2009
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Letter to Food and Drug Administration on the Judge Rotenberg Center
…Colorado The Arc of Greater Cleveland The Arc of Nebraska The Arc of Southside Autism Institute, University of San Diego Autism Spectrum Differences Institute of New England, Inc. Boston Center…
February 12, 2013
Operational Policy on Research Inquiries
…example, the term “high-functioning autism” has no commonly agreed upon definition or criteria; and consistent distinctions have not been made between Asperger’s and other autism spectrum diagnoses, which tend to…
May 21, 2012
ASAN, Disability Community Statement on Sentencing of Kelli Stapleton
…October, 2014: Samantha Crane, Director of Public Policy Autistic Self Advocacy Network Co-Signatories: American Association of People with Disabilities The Arc Michigan Autism Connection of PA Autism Women’s Network…
October 6, 2014
Take action to make sure research meets our community’s needs!
…IACC advises on federal funding for autism research. They make recommendations on how autism research funding is prioritized. Here is how to submit a public comment to the IACC: Use…
August 21, 2023
Joint Letter to the Massachusetts Conference Committee
…Center Support Network for Families of Western Massachusetts Western Mass Recovery Learning Community Autism National Committee Autism Society of America Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) Council of Parent Attorneys and…
June 6, 2012
ASAN Policy Brief: How Will DSM-5 Impact Services?
Over the course of the last several months, a lot of questions have been raised about how upcoming changes to the DSM-5 definition of the autism spectrum will impact people’s…
June 6, 2012
Big Trucks and the Work that Needs Doing
…about autism. So it was then that every time I was headed into New England, I would warn my significant other that I was on my way into “truck-unfriendly territory,”…
July 10, 2010
Books
…both the Empowering Leadership guide for disabled students and an Autism Acceptance e-book in 2013. More recently, we have developed Welcome to the Autistic Community, a welcome guide for newly-diagnosed…
April 10, 2014
Find your local Day of Mourning vigil site
…CA Donnie Denome, cdenome@gmail.com Oakland, CA Mills College Disability Advocacy Club, millscollegedisabilityad@gmail.com Held on Monday, March 2nd GEORGIA Atlanta, GA Autistic Self-Advocacy Atlanta, km.rodriguez1123@gmail.com Atlanta, GA Emory Autism Awareness Organization,…
January 30, 2020