🏖️ ASAN August Update 🏖️
…devalue the lives of people with disabilities and make us more likely to die. We see this in cases of COVID-19 medical rationing, physician-assisted suicide, limits on organ transplantation, and…
August 31, 2023
Search Results for: suicide rate – Page 3
Autism & Safety Toolkit
Autistic people have the right to be safe and live independently in our communities. We also face significant threats to our safety, including higher rates of abuse, institutionalization, suicide, and…
November 3, 2017
ASAN Statement on Sentencing in Jude Mirra’s Murder
…tranquilizers in a hotel room, and attempted to commit suicide. As is often the case when family members kill their disabled relatives, Jude’s mother claimed that she acted out of…
June 1, 2015
ASAN Statement on the Murder of Jaelen and Faith Edge
…only revealing the location of their bodies to authorities after multiple suicide attempts. Jaelen and Faith join Issy Stapelton, Alex Spourdalakis, and the dozens of other autistic victims of murder…
September 19, 2013
A Letter Urging the Reissue of the FDA’s Ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices
…sole current manufacturer and user of ESDs, and individuals who were subject to ESDs corroborate most of these findings, and they attest to additional risks. 5U.S. Food andDrug Administration, Final…
May 4, 2023