2016 ASAN Gala: Speech by Julia Bascom
…lives. Lives that we are in charge of. I want each of us to be free and supported to be living the best life for each of us. I want…
…lives. Lives that we are in charge of. I want each of us to be free and supported to be living the best life for each of us. I want…
…email messages about further studies. You may be eligible for some studies and not for others. You will only receive email messages for studies for which you are eligible. If…
…ADA Amendments Act, the approach of addressing discrimination and of viewing the difficulties that those on the autism spectrum face through the context of discrimination rather than merely through the…
…your voices heard. We held our Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Leadership Academy this month, where a cohort of autistic students learn to make their college campuses better for people with…
…and campus autism awareness program. Srinivasan is also actively involved with other disability organizations on campus. Srinivasan is a 2019 alum of ASAN’s Campus Inclusion program where he learned about…
…the International Latino Book Awards’ Best Educational Children’s Picture Book and selected for the Ontario Library Association’s Best Bets List of Top 10 Canadian Children’s Picture Books for 2021, the…
…as violent and unfit for family life. This false portrayal reflects a longstanding prejudice, recently addressed by ASAN President Ari Ne’eman, that people with disabilities are “inherently unfit as spouses…
…voice. They need a voice that helps them break through the trauma. They need a voice that doesn’t victimize them, but empowers them to help their child. My voice will…
…were out of my price range. With a great deal of help from Disability Services, I applied for several scholarships and was accepted. I hoped to use the scholarships to…
…for their family members, their voice is the same as their family member’s voice. Now, this is obviously nonsense. To borrow some autism research jargon, that’s a clear theory of…