These comments were submitted to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) regarding their strategic plan. Every year the government distributes funds for research on autism. The IACC makes recommendations about…
…the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). ASAN’s comments expand on those of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD), who submitted their own comments on June 30, 2022, which…
…health communities, the disability community revolted. ASAN, in conjunction with NCIL and several other groups, led a number of letters to NQF, CMS, and the Administration on Community Living, and…
Dear friends, The federal government has announced a new rule that will make sure that Medicaid-funded home and community-based services are actually in the community. Home and community based services…
…community organizations and residents such as the Boy Scouts into Betty’s Village does not integrate the residents into the community at all. This “reverse integration” strategy merely gives community organizations…
…TC Denome, [email protected] Long Beach, CA Christana Koch, kochchristiana388@gmail.com Merced, CA Megan Lambert, meganlambert1998@gmail.com Napa, CA Espi, pranzadia@gmail.com Port Hueneme, CA Karen Reilly, karen@oceanviewinfo.com San Francisco, CA George Fuller, george162@icloud.com…
…to take control of our own lives and the future of our common community, and seek to organize the autistic community to ensure our voices are heard in the national…
…threat that has come this month. The barrage of attacks on our communities is intentionally tiring and hard to follow, and we feel that too. We will continue pushing against…
…the future of our common community, and seek to organize the autistic community to ensure our voices are heard in the national conversation about us. Nothing About Us, Without Us!…
…Day of Mourning possible. On March 1, we saw the disability community come together to mourn those we’ve lost to filicide. We know how incredibly difficult it is to process….
