For Immediate Release: 1/14/2022 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com Washington, D.C. – Today, following a meeting between leaders from disability rights organizations and CDC Director Rochelle…
There are many therapies for autism, along with a significant amount of funding for research, development, and implementation of these therapies. However, it often remains…
Fighting for Fairness: it starts with you! Everyone should be able to access and learn from conversations about systemic discrimination. But information about these concepts…
Fighting for Fairness: it starts with you! Everyone should be able to access and learn from conversations about systemic discrimination. But information about these concepts…
On November 23, 2021, ASAN, COPAA and CommunicationFIRST joined numerous individual families in signing a settlement agreement with Fairfax County, VA about its use of…
Since the beginning of 2020, ASAN has been engaged in a formal process to examine our internal structures and practices, and develop a plan to…
ASAN is pleased that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has filed an appeal to a court ruling that would enable the Judge Rotenberg Center…
by Sandy Ho Content warnings: statements about medical trauma (no graphic descriptions) and mention of eating and exercise I recently observed that there were a few additional…
This month is Action August! There are so many important issues you can take action on this month, and best of all—you don’t have to…
All of us were stunned and outraged when earlier this month, a federal appeals court overturned the FDA’s ban on electric shock devices used at…
Over the last few months, the autistic community has had painful and necessary conversations about long-standing issues of racism within our community. Many BIPOC autistic…
View this statement as a PDF here. Today, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, ACLU, and thirty-four other advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief encouraging broad…
