URGENT ACTION ALERT: Tell the Senate to Defend the ACA!
Dear friends, We already knew our right to access health care would come under attack — but we didn’t realize just how soon. At 1:30…
January 12, 2017
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ACTION ALERT: Call Congress to End Organ Transplant Discrimination Against People with Disabilities
Dear friends, People with disabilities have a right under the ADA to receive equitable and non-discriminatory treatment by medical professionals. Yet, for years, children and…
September 26, 2016
ACTION ALERT: Tell the FDA: Ban Electric Shock Torture of People with Disabilities
On April 22, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule to ban the use of electrical shock devices such as those…
June 20, 2016
ACTION ALERT: Tell Your Senators to Support Disabled People in the Workforce
Over the course of the last year, ASAN and our allies have been working with our allies in Congress to craft groundbreaking new legislation on…
July 14, 2015
Action Alert: Speak Out Against Guardianship Abuse
The template below is available to download as a Word document here. We would like for all of our chapters and chapter members to email…
March 24, 2015
Action Alert: Send Comments Now on Community Services in California
Dear friends, The federal government has announced a new rule that will make sure that Medicaid-funded home and community-based services are actually in the community….
December 3, 2014
ACTION ALERT: Will Your Member of Congress Support Autistic People?
Dear friends, We need your help. This summer, President Obama signed into law the Autism CARES Act, replacing the Combating Autism Act and giving us…
September 23, 2014
ACTION ALERT: Call On Congress to Oppose H.R. 4631, the Combating Autism Re-Authorization Act
Tomorrow at 2 PM, the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee will be taking a step to advance H.R. 4631, which would reauthorize the Combating…
May 27, 2014
ACTION ALERT: Tell HHS to Stop “Creative Accounting” with Autism Research
On July 10th, the federal government’s Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC) released a new report analyzing the distribution of autism research dollars in 2010….
July 10, 2012
ACTION ALERT: Tell HHS to Balance the Autism Research Agenda
On July 10th, the federal government’s Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC) released a new report analyzing the distribution of autism research dollars in 2010….
July 10, 2012
ASAN Public Comment on DSM-5 ASD Criteria
Today is the last day to provide public comment to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) regarding the definition of ASD within the DSM-5, the manual…
June 15, 2012
Take Action: Help Us Mourn Murders of Disabled People
By Zoe Gross. On March 6th, 2012 George Hodgins, a 22-year old autistic man living in Sunnyvale, California, was murdered by his mother. This past Friday, I helped organize a vigil for George and other disabled people killed by their family members. We’re calling for volunteers to organize vigils in their local communities on or around March 30th.
March 19, 2012