UPDATED–Tell Your Legislators: Protect Medicaid!
Words to Know Budget Reconciliation– A way for Congress to pass some kinds of bills about funding faster. Budget Resolution– A plan for how Congress…
February 19, 2025
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Call your Senators to #StopRFK now!
We are deeply disappointed that Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr.’s nomination has moved out of the Senate Finance Committee. Now, the whole Senate will vote…
February 4, 2025
Take Action on Fair Pay for Disabled Workers with a Public Comment!
Download this explainer as a PDF here. Listen to someone read this explainer out loud here. Words to know 14(c): A part of the Fair…
December 11, 2024
ACT NOW to support fair pay and integrated employment for disabled people!
This year, we’ve worked together to push for the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) to pass. TCIEA (bill number H.R.1263) gives states and…
November 27, 2024
Take action to support integrated employment for disabled people!
This year, we’ve worked together to push for the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) to pass. TCIEA (bill number H.R.1263) gives states and…
November 19, 2024
Take action for TCIEA: House Action Alert
As of now, about 39,500 disabled people are paid less than minimum wage. About 88% of that group are in segregated workplaces. Segregation is when…
October 24, 2024
Take action for TCIEA: Senate Action Alert
Disabled people deserve to work at the same places and for the same pay as nondisabled people. This isn’t news — but in 2024, some…
September 19, 2024
Action Alert: Call-In Days To #StopTheShock
On June 11th, section 722 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act passed at the subcommittee level. If…
June 25, 2024
Action Alert: Call Now to #StopTheShock!
Last week, we wrote to you about a bill that was being voted on in a subcommittee of the House of Representatives. The bill is…
June 18, 2024
Action Alert: URGENT #StopTheShock Phone Action — Call Now!
UPDATE: Yesterday (June 11th), the House Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies subcommittee passed a draft bill. If this bill becomes…
June 11, 2024
Join Us for a Webinar: #StopTheShock 2024 Public Comments
For years, ASAN and our allies have been working to stop the electric skin shock torture being used on some residents of the Judge Rotenberg…
March 29, 2024
Take Action to #StopTheShock!
For years, ASAN and our allies have been working to stop the electric skin shock torture being used on some residents of the Judge Rotenberg…
March 26, 2024