CommunicationFIRST Nothing About Us Without Us Awardee Remarks
As a part of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s 2024 gala, we have the honor to share and uplift our remarkable awardees’ words and their…
January 21, 2025
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ASAN Comments to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
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…
September 19, 2023
Take action to make sure research meets our community’s needs!
The autistic and nonspeaking communities are often left out of setting priorities for funding research. This means that research often doesn’t reflect our entire community….
August 21, 2023
DJ Savarese’s Speech for ASAN Gala 2018
Thank you for this award. I’m grateful to be among us tonight. I’m grateful we are gathered here tonight to celebrate our people. It’s not…
November 28, 2018
ASAN Letter to ASHA On The Right To Communicate
This letter is available as a PDF here. Dr. Elise Davis-McFarland, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, President, Past Chair, Committee on Committees Meher Banajee, Chair, ASHA Ad Hoc…
July 2, 2018
Everybody Communicates: our new toolkit on communication supports!
ASAN is proud to announce the release of “Everybody Communicates: Toolkit for Accessing Communication Assessments, Funding and Accommodations” with the UCSF Office of Developmental Primary…
October 5, 2017
A voice for all: Why I’m fighting to help Autistic students access the form of communication that works best for them.
This March, I filed a complaint with the Department of Justice on behalf of five non-speaking autistic students in Arlington, VA who use letter-boards to…
May 19, 2016
ASAN Files ADA Complaint on Communication Access in Schools
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA– As part of its new communication rights initiative, Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) has filed a groundbreaking complaint with the Department of Justice,…
March 9, 2016
ASAN Calls for Expanded Coverage of Assistive Communication Devices
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to recognize tablets – such as iPads – as assistive…
May 29, 2015