Accommodation, Fairness, and Uniformity
An essay by Joel Smith. I talk a lot about things like inclusion, equality, and access. Unfortunately some people think I’m talking about “uniformity”. I’m not!
January 15, 2008
Inclusion & Acceptance
Successful Response to Ransom Notes
Both the Washington Post and the New York Daily News carried stories about the success of the disability community’s response to the “Ransom Notes” ad campaign, in which ASAN’s…
December 20, 2007
Victory! The End of the Ransom Notes Campaign
Ransom Notes Ads to be Removed: ASAN and the disability community’s united efforts succeed in getting the NYU Child Study Center to withdraw the “Ransom Notes” ad campaign.
December 19, 2007
Ransom Notes Controversy
ASAN’s response to the “Ransom Notes” campaign was reported in The New York Times and in The Wall Street Journal Online.
December 14, 2007
An Urgent Call to Action: Tell NYU Child Study Center to Abandon Stereotypes Against People With Disabilities
Urgent Action Required: The NYU Ransom Notes campaign defames people on the autism spectrum and others of neurological difference. Take action now!
December 8, 2007
Diversity at Work
Employers can realize a significant financial gain when they are willing to be flexible in managing a diverse population of workers. When an adjustment to the workplace environment makes an employee more productive, that equation includes not just the cost (if any) of the changes that are made, but also the value of the added productivity.
July 4, 2007
Normal Is Just A Setting On A Washing Machine
An essay by Kate Goldfield: At recess, I would sit outside on the cold, hard ground reading a book. When I did bravely venture out to the playground to go on my beloved swings, it was never with a friend. I felt like I existed in a different world from all the kids around me.
April 7, 2007
Autistic Representation Sought in New Jersey
ASAN Urges Autistic Membership on Autism Task Force: However experienced the many experts and advocates are about autism issues, we adults who are ourselves on the autism spectrum know the issues and needs that face our population better than anyone.
March 10, 2007
General Inclusive Education Makes Everyone a Winner
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman gave his views at the Board of Freeholders meeting in Middlesex County, New Jersey, advocating the funding of inclusion programs and opposing the construction of two new segregated schools for students with disabilities.
March 2, 2007
Testimony on Autism to the New Jersey Legislature
ASAN Endorses Pilot Initiative: ASAN President Ari Ne’eman presented testimony to the New Jersey Legislature in support of an initiative to provide autism services and discussed the need to ensure representation for people on the autism spectrum in public policy discussion.
March 2, 2007
What’s An Accommodation?
An essay by Joel Smith. Often, autistic people are seen as needing “accommodation”. We need something “special” to function in society, something that is fundamentally different than the types of things non-disabled people need. But why is that? Too often, it’s a result of social expectation or presence of barriers in society.
November 24, 2006
Disability & Neurological Diversity
An essay by Ilise Feitshans. Disability, if viewed appropriately as a universal facet of the human condition, is a cross cutting issue that unites all people: Everyone has a disability, everyone has a gift. Society needs the benefits from each of these features of individual variability to promote human progress and benefit from interdependence…
November 24, 2006