❄️ ASAN Winter Update ❄️
Dear friends, Staying focused on advocacy is snow problem this New Year! ASAN is back in the (virtual) office, working on some of the most important issues…
January 29, 2021
ASAN News
Sign up to be a Day of Mourning Vigil Site Coordinator
Site coordinators are a vital part of the Disability Day of Mourning. Site coordinators secure space in their communities to hold a vigil, do outreach…
January 19, 2021
Transcript and Video of Julia Bascom’s Keynote at Drexel University
Nothing About Us Without Us: Autistic People Shaping Policy About Our Lives Hi, thank you so much for having me, and thank you Michael for…
January 11, 2021
ACI 2021 Applications Now Open!
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is now accepting applications for the 2021 Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Summer Leadership Academy! The ACI Summer Leadership Academy prepares…
January 4, 2021
ASAN Submits Brief Opposing Autism-Related Arguments of Charleston Shooter’s Defense Team
On June 17, 2015, a man opened fire on a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina and killed nine people, committing one of the deadliest…
December 22, 2020
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Dear friends, As November draws to a close, we’re reflecting on everything we’ve worked on this year, as well as the advocacy battles ahead. 2020…
November 25, 2020
ASAN Comments On CMS HCBS Recommended Measure Set
This letter is available as a PDF here. November 18, 2020Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244 Submitted electronically to: HCBSMeasuresRFI@cms.hhs.gov…
November 24, 2020
Doing the Impossible in Impossible Times: ASAN’s 2020 Annual Report
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a national grassroots disability rights organization run by and for Autistic Americans, advocating for systems change and ensuring that…
November 12, 2020
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Dear friends, October is coming to an end, and we wish we could say that Halloween was the scariest thing happening this week. But…
October 30, 2020
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Dear friends, This has been a hard month. The failure to indict the officers who murdered Breonna Taylor painfully illustrates the systemic racism in the U.S. court…
September 30, 2020
Register for ASAN’s 2020 Gala!
Join us for a special virtual celebration and fundraising event from Thursday, November 12 through Sunday, November 15th. We’re so excited to share the gala…
September 18, 2020
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