ASAN Comments on Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine
This document can be found as a PDF here. September 4, 2020 Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus National Academies of…
September 8, 2020
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Medical Rationing Complaint Filed by ASAN and Partners Resolved
This statement is available as a PDF here. RESOLUTION OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT RAISES THE BAR IN PROHIBITING MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES…
June 26, 2020
Fighting Discrimination in COVID-19 Treatment
People with disabilities know our lives are worth living — but time and time again, we have had to fight to get this message across…
April 10, 2020
ASAN Comments on DOT’s Proposed Rule on Service Animals and Air Travel
These comments are available as a PDF here. April 6, 2020 Docket Management Facility U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building…
April 7, 2020
ASAN & Partners Challenge WA’s Discriminatory COVID-19 Plan
SEATTLE – As COVID-19 cases increase, the experience in other countries and predictions of U.S. health officials is that there will not be enough acute…
March 23, 2020
ASAN Comments on Proposed Fair Housing Rule
This letter is available as a PDF here. March 16, 2020 Regulations Division, Office of General CounselDepartment of Housing and Urban Development451 7th Street SW,…
March 19, 2020
ASAN Condemns Trump Administration’s Attack on Transgender Americans
Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration is considering adopting a federal standard which would exclude transgender and intersex people from the…
October 22, 2018
ASAN Condemns Proposed ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Regulations
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly condemns the Administration’s proposed “Public Charge” regulation, which discriminates against disabled and low-income immigrants and makes pathways to American…
September 25, 2018
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
ASAN Praises Pennsylvania House Bill That Would Ban Disability Discrimination in Organ Transplants
ASAN applauds the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for passing House Bill No. 585, which would ban disability discrimination in organ transplants in the state. The…
June 30, 2016
ASAN Joined by Coalition Supporting MD Anti-Organ Transplant Discrimination Bill
You can download the coalition’s testimony as a PDF here. SB 792 Public Health – Nondiscrimination in Access to Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation Senate…
March 17, 2015
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Files Amicus Brief Challenging Discriminatory Denial of Health Care
On Monday January 26, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Not Dead Yet, and 13 other disability rights organizations filed a second amicus brief in a…
February 2, 2015