🦖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
White House
Update: White House Fails Autistic Community For 4th Year In A Row
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network condemns the White House’s participation in Autism Speaks’ “Light It Up Blue” campaign again this year. Autistic people deserve a…
April 3, 2020
White House Fails Autistic Community, Again
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is disappointed but not surprised by the White House’s continued participation in Autism Speaks’ “Light It Up Blue” campaign. If…
April 3, 2019
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 Family Separation
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network forcefully condemns the Trump Administration’s unconscionable policy of separating immigrant families at the border, and the subsequent incarceration and warehousing…
June 18, 2018
White House Continues to Ignore Self-Advocates
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is disappointed to learn that the White House is again participating in Autism Speaks’ “Light It Up Blue” campaign. While…
April 2, 2018
ASAN Condemns President’s Budget Request
Statement: ASAN strongly condemns the deep cuts that the President’s proposed budget would make to Medicaid, Social Security, employment programs, housing supports, and other critical…
February 14, 2018
ASAN Condemns White House Autism Proclamation
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly condemns the President’s regressive World Autism Awareness Day proclamation, and the announcement that the White House will be participating…
April 1, 2017
Trump’s new appointee: “I’ve got a cure for mental health – spank your children more”
Dear friends, Last week was a trying time for many who work for disability rights in America. Many of you share our deep concern with…
November 14, 2016
Justice for All Action Network
White House Disability Policy Meeting: The steering committee of the Justice for All Action Network (JFAAN), a cross-disability coalition, met for an hour with two senior White House officials to discuss some of our common policy priorities.
July 31, 2009
White House Celebration of Disability Rights
Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary Celebration: We’ve posted photos of this White House event, attended by ASAN President Ari Ne’eman, at which President Barack Obama signed a proclamation commemorating the ADA and the rights of people with disabilities.
July 26, 2009