Tell the FDA To Ban Aversive Conditioning Devices and Stop the Judge Rotenberg Center
Dear Friends: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering an important action that would ban the use of devices that use electric shock for…
Dear Friends: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering an important action that would ban the use of devices that use electric shock for…
We Need Your Help! For too long people with invisible disabilities have been left out of the unemployment services system. Although people with invisible disabilities…
Below are comments from ASAN President Ari Ne’eman, delivered on August 20th, 2013 during a call with with stakeholders from the education and disability communities…
Today at the White House, the disability community came together to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. At the celebration, 8…
Margaret Hamburg Commissioner 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993 US Food and Drug Administration Dear Commissioner Hamburg: We, the undersigned representatives of the…
The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusions (APRAIS), in collaboration with ASAN and other disability advocacy organizations, has drafted the following letter to…
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is excited to announce the Autism Campus Inclusion project is now seeking applications for its 2013 Summer Leadership Academy. The…
by Henry Frost The right to inclusion is a basic civil right for all people. I am a person. I have these rights. “I Stand…
Recently, an article published in the journal Pediatrics argued that inclusion in the general education classroom was not an evidence-based indicator of improved postsecondary outcomes…
by Elesia Ashkenazy Greetings and salutations ASAN blog readers! One of our favorite projects so far, Navigating College, is coming up on its second year!…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Crucial Legislation Will Limit the Use of Restraints in Schools This past December, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) proposed S. 2020, the Keeping…