…we can do to make community living possible for everyone. This toolkit answers important questions like: What is an institution? What is living in the community? When did institutions get…
…on speech alone to communicate. Run by and for people with expressive communication disabilities, CommunicationFIRST advances its mission by educating and engaging the public, advocating for policy and practice reform,…
…that Welcome to the Autistic Community is now available in Spanish! Welcome to the Autistic Community is an introductory guide to autistic people’s history, community and our rights. Check out…
…address the profound crisis facing the disability community. In the days and weeks leading up to this vote, the disability community communicated clearly and frequently with Congress about what we…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been calling on our Senators to protect the disability community and pass a COVID-19 relief bill that includes emergency funding for home- and community-based…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been calling on our Senators to protect the disability community and pass a COVID-19 relief bill that includes emergency funding for home- and community-based…
This letter is available as a PDF here and a Word document here. On behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, I write to comment on the Medicaid and CHIP…
The following is testimony given at the New Jersey Legislature on Monday, March 5th, 2007 at the Assembly Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee. After the Committee session, ASAN…
…needs of our community. We’re fighting for emergency funding for home- and community-based services to get people out of dangerous congregate settings and into the community. We’ll keep holding Congress…
…people who use alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) methods have the opportunity to communicate during the process of child or adult protection services investigations make decisions about their own lives….
