…health communities, the disability community revolted. ASAN, in conjunction with NCIL and several other groups, led a number of letters to NQF, CMS, and the Administration on Community Living, and…
…Bluesky Enterprises, Inc. Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council Community Connections, Inc. Community Link Community Options, Inc. Community Outreach Community Systems, Inc. The Coordinating Center The Council of Parent…
These comments are available as a PDF here. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network appreciates the opportunity to submit comments for the April 17, 2024, IACC meeting. In our last comments…
…disability community. We will be sharing their remarks for the first few months of 2025. ⁂ Five years ago, we created CommunicationFIRST to secure the universal human and civil rights…
…sense of group identity or for the inclusion of disabled people as a group in the same ways that other marginalized groups have aimed to be included–as a group of…
…to enter the community. Community inclusion is a complex idea that involves the degree to which a person is connected with both a community’s members and its institutions. The ability…
…refer to as ethnic groups are complex collections of factors that include appearance, ancestral origin, religion, and dialect. It is the act of naming so-called African-Americans that creates the group;…
…lack of resources and community supports. Our country must prioritize community-based resources — and recognize people experiencing homelessness as part of our communities. We know that options like supportive housing…
…wanted to address the fears we are seeing in the community around how this database could be employed against our community in areas beyond research. We recognize that the current…
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network appreciates the opportunity to submit comments for the nonspeaking RFI by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). Our comment looks to…
