ASAN Announces 2017 Autistic Scholars Fellowship!
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is excited to announce the second year of the Autistic Scholars Fellowship, a scholarship which provides 4 to 6…
July 13, 2016
Education
ASAN’s Comments on Education Department’s Proposed Rule on Special Education Disproportionality
ASAN has submitted our comments on a proposed change to Department of Education regulations. The proposed change would require public school systems to use a specific…
June 13, 2016
A voice for all: Why I’m fighting to help Autistic students access the form of communication that works best for them.
This March, I filed a complaint with the Department of Justice on behalf of five non-speaking autistic students in Arlington, VA who use letter-boards to…
May 19, 2016
ASAN Celebrates Dismissal of All Charges Against Kayleb Moon Robinson
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is pleased that the Commonwealth of Virginia has dismissed all charges against Autistic middle school student Kayleb Moon-Robinson. Last year,…
March 10, 2016
ASAN Files ADA Complaint on Communication Access in Schools
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA– As part of its new communication rights initiative, Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) has filed a groundbreaking complaint with the Department of Justice,…
March 9, 2016
Autistic Scholars Fellowship Recipients Announced!
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is very pleased to announce the recipients of our 2016 Autistic Scholars Fellowship! ASAN awards $5,000 tuition scholarships to 4 to 6…
January 12, 2016
ASAN and Disability Leaders Meet with NEA on Offensive Remarks
This morning, representatives from the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the Association of University Centers on Disability and the…
December 1, 2015
ASAN Atlanta Statement on Georgia’s Illegal Segregation of Students with Disabilities
The Atlanta Chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly condemns the state of Georgia’s illegal segregation of students with disabilities, violating Title II of…
August 7, 2015
ASAN, Disability Rights Organizations Call for Ban on Electric Skin Shock Devices
This press release is available as a Word document and in PDF format. Today, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), joined by over 60 disability…
June 4, 2015
ASAN Letter to FDA Calling for Ban on Electric Skin Shock Devices
This letter is available as a Word document and in PDF format. June 4, 2015 Dr. Stephen Ostroff Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration Re:…
June 4, 2015
“Prisoners of the Apparatus”: The Judge Rotenberg Center
By Quentin Davies The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Canton, Massachusetts, has long been criticized for its treatment of disabled children and adults. It has been…
August 9, 2014