…spoke with Lily Eskelsen Garcia, President of the National Education Association, about comments made by her at the October 2015 Campaign for America’s Future Awards Gala referring to students with…
…Youth with ID/DD: A review of research, policy, and next steps, discusses the range of challenges facing youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities as they approach adulthood, including potential loss…
…in this area should be a high priority. Advances in communication technology, and the development of AAC options that are affordable, will have a practical application to the lives of…
Video [CC] Introduction by Samantha Crane Just to introduce myself, I’m Samantha Crane, Director of Public Policy, Legal Director at ASAN. [Applause] I’d like to start off our awards portion…
…receive both respectful and adequate services and supports. He called for a shift in culture surrounding service-provision, most particularly approaches towards home- and community-based services, in line with the CRPD…
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman and the ASAN-led cross-disability campaign against Autism Speaks’ video “I Am Autism” were featured in an article on Disability Scoop, an online news magazine about developmental…
Hello, My name is Grace Hart, and this past June I attended ASAN’s ACI (Autism Campus Inclusion) program in Washington, D.C. This week-long program equipped me with the knowledge and…
…free from violence and abuse. Without such reassurance, children who have already suffered abuse are at especially high risk of re-victimization. As a final matter, we note that the defendant…
…a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. When children like Kayleb are removed from their neighborhood schools – their least restrictive environment – and sent into juvenile…
…it is the appropriate role of the federal government to ensure that its investment in our nation’s safety net reaches as many low income individuals as possible with essential health…
