Comments at March 14, 2008 IACC Meeting
…murder of an autistic child by her mother a mere four days after her statement. The inaccurate and incomplete picture of the autism spectrum that Autism Speaks has chosen to…
March 14, 2008
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????ASAN February Update ????
…remember disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. Since 2012, ASAN and other disability rights organizations have come together to send a clear…
February 26, 2021
ASAN Statement on Gun Violence Prevention Following Parkland Mass Shooting
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) joins the nation in mourning the loss of the seventeen men, women, and children who were murdered on February 14, 2017 at Marjory Stoneman…
February 16, 2018
Who We Are
…Education, Labor and Pensions Committee staff. In 2012, Zoe created the annual Disability Day of Mourning vigil, a national, cross-disability event which commemorates the lives of disabled people murdered by…
June 25, 2021
🌸 ASAN March Update 🌸
…note with our annual Disability Day of Mourning. Our community came together with vigils across the country and the world to remember those we’ve lost to filicide, or the murder…
March 31, 2022
ASAN Statement on Media Reports Regarding Newtown, CT Shooting
…killed by acts of heinous murder and defend all parts of our country from the scourge of stigma and prejudice.” Media inquiries regarding this shooting may be directed to ASAN…
December 14, 2012
ASAN Statement on Abuse of the Land Twins and recent Washington Post coverage
…with disabilities. Each year, ASAN and the broader disability rights community remember the lives of disabled people murdered by their family members and caregivers with National Day of Mourning vigils…
July 29, 2014
NFB Disability Law Symposium Keynote from ASAN President Ari Ne’eman
…Gay rights have advanced because of public awareness of brutal hate crimes such as the torture and murder of Matthew Shepard. To quote Harvard’s Alan Dershowitz, rights come from wrongs….
May 8, 2009
💖 ASAN February Update 💖
…the world to remember disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. Since 2012, ASAN and other disability rights organizations have come together to…
February 27, 2023
Reflecting on History, Resisting Hate
…prejudices have always gone hand-in-hand with violent racism. This history of violence includes institutional abuse, forced sterilization, and murder. Ideas about what a good life is, whether some lives are…
April 19, 2018