☀️ ASAN June Update ☀️
ASAN June Newsletter Dear friend, Between LGBTQ Pride Month, Autistic Pride Day, and the Olmstead Anniversary, we always have a lot to celebrate every June….
June 30, 2024
#StopTheShock
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
🪐ASAN May Update 🪐
ASAN May Newsletter Dear friend, This month saw a total solar eclipse, some of the strongest auroras in centuries, and plenty of policy work fighting…
May 31, 2024
ASAN Comments on FDA Proposed Rule to Ban Electric Stimulation Devices for Self-Injurious or Aggressive Behavior
These comments are available as a PDF here. Leslie KuxAssociate Commissioner for Policy Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305)Food and Drug Administration5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061Rockville,…
May 24, 2024
🦖ASAN April Update🦖
ASAN April Newsletter Dear friend, This month we celebrated our community — as well as our love of dinosaurs — and continued to fight for…
April 30, 2024
Learn About Upcoming, Proposed, and Final Federal Rules for Spring 2024
Final Rules for April 2024 This April, the government finalized a lot of federal rules that matter to our community. Federal rules are made by…
April 30, 2024
Action Alert: Massachusetts residents, help Stop The Shock!
For years, the disability community has worked to end torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center. While we work towards an FDA ban on the use…
May 9, 2023
Congress has Supported the FDA’s Right to #StopTheShock
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network welcomes the passing of the omnibus bill with a provision that gives the FDA the right to ban contingent electric…
December 23, 2022
Senate Fails to #StopTheShock
ASAN is heartbroken and furious that the United States Senate has failed to ban the use of the electric shock devices used at the Judge…
September 28, 2022
Action Alert: ABAI endorses torture, and we can’t let them rest.
Torturers being allowed to present at a conference on the merits of their torture: that’s exactly what is happening at the ABAI conference this Thursday…
May 24, 2022
ASAN Endorses New York Bill to Stop The Shock
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4th, 2022 CONTACT: media@autisticadvocacy.org This press release is available as a PDF here. WASHINGTON, DC – ASAN endorses today’s introduction of…
May 4, 2022
Action Alert: New York residents, help Stop The Shock!
For years, the disability community has put in the work to close the Judge Rotenberg Center. While much of our focus has been on the…
May 4, 2022