Legislative Hearing Testimony Calling for Action Against Aversives: Local activist Sara Willig attended a Massachusetts legislative hearing and spoke out against inhumane practices at the Judge Rotenburg Center.
Joint Letter Seeking Government Action Against Judge Rotenberg Center: 29 disability organizations concerned with the humane treatment of people with disabilities have contacted U.S. government departments and human rights organizations regarding the need to put an end to abusive practices at the Judge Rotenberg Center.
An essay by Melanie Yergeau. The map is new, and I know it all. I hop from one painted state to the next, reciting each capital, each state bird, each state nickname, each state flower, each state population as of 1989, the year imprinted on the spines of my World Book Encyclopedia set.
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman and Columbia University Professor Alicia A. Broderick co-authored “Autism as metaphor: narrative and counter-narrative,” which was published in a special issue of The International…
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman appeared in the story In Advocacy Realm, Specific Disabilities Gain in Prominence in the Sept. 17, 2008 issue of Education Week magazine.
ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson was interviewed for the article Autism into Adulthood: Making the Transition, which appeared in Social Work Today magazine’s September/October 2008 issue.
Complete Ban on Prone Restraint Advocated: ASAN Board Member Paula C. Durbin-Westby addressed the Florida Department of Education urging clarification and standardization of proposed regulations, and a complete ban on prone restraint, to better protect students with disabilities.
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman commented on early diagnosis and education in a Wall Street Journal article on July 8, 2008.
Autistic Student Shunned: A 5 year-old autistic kindergartener in Port St. Lucie, Florida was voted out of class by his peers at the teacher’s instigation. Contact the school district to voice your concerns.
ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson presented the keynote at the 3rd Annual Penn Autism Network Conference at the University of Pennsylvania. He discussed college transition planning.
ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson presented the opening keynote at the 10th Annual Penn State National Autism Conference on July 30, 2007. Click here to watch the video webcast.
An essay by Kate Goldfield: I started out college fully confident that it would be the solution to all my problems, but found this was anything but the case. After struggling for a few years, though, I began to make the social connections that I had always dreamed of. I still had problems, and still longed to be like the others, but at least I was starting to develop a sense of community. This is the story of that discovery.
