🍁 September ASAN Newsletter 🍁
…voter suppression tactics and increase federal oversight of state investigations into alleged voter fraud and investigation of civil rights violations. We joined a letter opposing outlay caps for FY25 appropriations…
…voter suppression tactics and increase federal oversight of state investigations into alleged voter fraud and investigation of civil rights violations. We joined a letter opposing outlay caps for FY25 appropriations…
…exciting races. Join our team by clicking on the race you want to run and apply to join us! Perks for each race include: A guaranteed race entry An exclusive…
…inspire parents to bring struggling children to professionals for diagnosis and appropriate treatment but instead just make parents terrified that their children are doomed and destined to have horrible, sad…
…is integrated and pays fair wages; Freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including freedom from restraint, seclusion, and aversive intervention; Nondiscrimination in and equitable access to any and all needed…
…Court of Appeals Upholds State Agency’s Exclusion of People with Asperger Syndrome Earlier this month, the Florida First District Court of Appeals upheld the Florida Agency for People with Disabilities’…
…L.C., which held that the States must provide people with disabilities with “community-based treatment” and appropriate supports, 527 U.S. 581, 607 (1999). Over the course of the past two years,…
…with the Settings Rule so that the rights of recipients of Home and Community-Based Services will be protected. We similarly support the application of this Rule to HCBS provided through…
…regarding social communication, sensory integration, emotional regulation, and adaptive skills. Until now, much advocacy for coverage of “autism interventions” has focused on purely behavioral approaches, like Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)….
…they need to live in their communities. However, we also have some serious concerns about the approach to providing these services represented in this proposal. In general, we support approaches…
…strong interest in disability rights advocacy and activism. Scholarship applications can be found here. Completed applications for the January 2016 scholarship period are due on November 15. Application questions will…