ASAN Urges Congress to Pass the Keeping All Students Safe Act
ASAN commends Congress for its reintroduction of the Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA). KASSA would ban almost all kinds of restraint and all kinds…
May 25, 2021
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ASAN Praises Introduction of Keeping All Students Safe Act
ASAN strongly supports and thanks Congress for its introduction of the Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA). KASSA would ban almost all kinds of restraint…
November 19, 2020
Action Alert: Tell your Senators to support emergency funding for HCBS!
UPDATE: Call-ins are temporarily cancelled and will resume shortly. Coping with a global pandemic is hard enough without losing access to the services that keep…
May 28, 2020
Congress must do more for disability community re: COVID-19
Congress has voted on a third bill to address the impact of COVID-19. The $2 trillion bill includes some small pieces for people with disabilities,…
March 27, 2020
ACTION ALERT—Congress: Include People with Disabilities in COVID-19 Relief!
As disability right advocates, you’ve made countless calls to your elected officials. You know how to make your voice heard. Now, we need you to…
March 20, 2020
ASAN Praises House Passage of Raise the Wage Act
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network applauds the passage of the Raise the Wage Act in the House of Representatives. This bill would raise the federal…
July 16, 2019
Congress Must Stop Scapegoating People With Mental Health Disabilities
The House has voted to pass HR 1112, a bill that would close the “Charleston Loophole”, which currently enables some people who have failed criminal…
February 28, 2019
ASAN Celebrates Legislation To End Subminimum Wage
ASAN applauds Congress for the introduction of the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act. If passed, the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act would end subminimum wage…
January 28, 2019
ACTION ALERT: Kavanaugh is closer to confirmation – WE NEED YOUR VOICE NOW
Yesterday was a difficult day for many of us, as we heard Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s painful, honest testimony and then saw members of the…
September 28, 2018
ACTION ALERT: Enough is enough – tell your Senators to #StopKavanaugh
From the start, the Kavanaugh nomination was a threat to people with disabilities — to our inclusion, our health care, and our civil rights. Now,…
September 24, 2018
ACTION ALERT: We won’t stop til we #StopKavanaugh!
Kavanaugh doesn’t believe in people’s right to control our own bodies – he never has, and he never will. We have seen that reflected in…
September 20, 2018
ACTION ALERT: Tell your Senators: stop the vote on Kavanaugh!
Over the last month, you’ve heard from us about Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s views, and the danger his nomination poses to our community. ASAN already opposes…
September 18, 2018