Remarks from DDOM Founder Zoe Gross at the DC Vigil
I believe everyone should be loved. I believe everyone should be safe. I believe all our lives have value. I believe murder is wrong. I…
March 7, 2016
Inclusion & Acceptance
ASAN Testimony to Delaware Legislature
This text is available as a PDF here and a Word document here. On Wednesday, February 24th, ASAN President Ari Ne’eman gave the following…
February 29, 2016
ASAN Joint Statement on the Death of Kayden Clarke
We, the undersigned disability and LGBT rights organizations, strongly condemn the police shooting of Kayden Clarke, an Autistic transgender man, in his home on February…
February 8, 2016
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Joins Disability Rights Amicus Brief Opposing Physician-Assisted Suicide in New York
On Wednesday January 6, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network joined Not Dead Yet and nine other disability rights organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief opposing…
January 15, 2016
ASAN Opposes Proposal to Link Gun Purchases to SSA Rep Payee Database
In light of the recent announcement that the Obama Administration intends to utilize the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Representative Payee database to feed the names…
January 5, 2016
ASAN’s 2015 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…
December 17, 2015
Segregated Farmsteads in Arizona Aren’t “Community-Based”
Yesterday, ASAN wrote a letter to Arizona’s Medicaid agency urging it not to classify segregated “farmsteads” as community-based settings. Unlike traditional farms, autism-specific farmsteads are…
December 15, 2015
Statement on Autism Speaks Board Appointments
On December 7, 2015, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) issued the following statement regarding Autism Speaks’ recent appointment of two Autistic people to its…
December 7, 2015
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
The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy on Autism Acceptance
Ari Ne’eman: Let me start the recording. You can talk a little bit about how part of autism acceptance is addressing barriers in public schools…
October 23, 2015
ASAN Statement on Sesame Workshop’s “See Amazing” Initiative
On October 21st, 2015, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued the following statement regarding Sesame Workshop’s “Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children”…
October 21, 2015
ASAN Statement on Umpqua Community College Shooting
Due to media reports on the Umpqua Community College shooting, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network today issued the following statement: “We join the nation in mourning…
October 7, 2015