…Autistic Self Advocacy Network applauds the efforts of Neli’s attorney in this case, justice is still not served. We call on Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to grant Neli a conditional…
…on probation after serving two years in prison, Neli had another unfortunate encounter with police during which he threatened suicide. Since September 2013, he has been back in prison. Neli…
After more than a decade of unjust prosecution and abuse in the criminal justice system, Neli Latson, a Black man with multiple disabilities, is finally a free man. Virginia Governor…
View this statement as a PDF here. WASHINGTON – Neli Latson should be a free man. Instead, he’s faced a decade of unjust prosecution and abuse in a criminal justice…
…important step to remove Neli Latson from an unjust and inappropriate prison sentence. Neli’s imprisonment, which included time spent in solitary confinement and lack of access to appropriate mental health…
…Autistic Pride Day, Juneteenth, and the 22nd anniversary of the Olmstead decision. We also welcomed and celebrated a full pardon for Neli Latson, a Black man with multiple disabilities, after…
…Neli Latson, a young autistic man of color who spent over a year in solitary confinement without access to necessary services after multiple failures of the system to support him….
…and grassroots advocacy involving autistic people who have been unfairly treated by the criminal legal system, such as Kayleb Moon-Robinson, Neli Latson, and Matthew Rushin. Policy Work ASAN is a…
…fight for change in our safety toolkit. We have worked to support Black autistic survivors of police violence like Neli Latson and Kayleb Moon Robinson, and in 2019, we endorsed…
…the ground an autistic Black ten-year-old girl. Tario Anderson in South Carolina, Javonte “Jay” Gorham in North Carolina, and Reginald “Neli” Latson, Kayleb Moon-Robinson, and Brian Thompson in Virginia have…
