ASAN Statement Applauding New Administration on Community Living
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network applauds Secretary Sebelius and the leadership of the Department of Health and Human Services for the creation of the new…
April 16, 2012
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It’s Autism Sunday (Pity Party at Church)
by Kate Gladstone It’s Autism Sunday, that one day a year We welcome in fellowship “those folks” ’round here. We pray to become more…
April 15, 2012
The Debate About Euthanasia
by Lateef H McLeod on DisabilityRightNow Recently there has been a resurgence of debate of whether or not euthanasia is a viable ethical option for…
April 12, 2012
All Done Autism Awareness
by Shannon Des Roches Rosa There’s a saying we overuse in my household: “All done, [X]!” We’ve actually swiped the saying from our son Leo,…
April 11, 2012
Killing Words
by Zoe Gross Let me present to you a sequence of events. On March 6th, a 22-year-old autistic man named George Hodgins was murdered in…
April 10, 2012
ASAN Statement on the Exclusion of Tyler Long’s Autism Spectrum Diagnosis from the Documentary Bully
Over the course of the last several years, growing public attention to issues of bullying – driven in part by the tragic suicides of a…
April 10, 2012
The I-Word
by Ian Ford We have come a long way, right? We used to be called idiots and lunatics. Now we are referred to as individuals…
April 9, 2012
Disability Community Across the Country Mourns Disabled People Murdered by Family Members and Caregivers
On March 30th, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, working with the broader disability community, convened a nationwide Day of Mourning in memory disabled people murdered by…
April 9, 2012
Plants Outside the Shade
by Amanda Baggs This is a personal description of some of what autism means to me. Because even among other autistic people such descriptions…
April 9, 2012
Acceptance vs. Awareness
by Kassiane S. I often say awareness is the No Child Left Behind of advocacy. It’s a start, but no means a finishing point we…
April 4, 2012
Vigil Report: Virtual Vigil and Boston
From Disability Right Now by Erin Lewy I was fortunate enough to attend vigils for George Hodgins both virtually and in Boston. Each left a…
April 3, 2012
Awareness Is Not Enough
by Kathryn Bjornstad-Kelly I knew autism awareness before I knew I was Autistic. I didn’t know what autism was, but I heard the word all…
April 2, 2012