Salt Lake Tribune Article
ASAN’s Dora Raymaker discussed the importance of relationships and the mutual effort needed for understanding of differences and respectful communication.
October 8, 2010
Law & Justice
Justice for All Action Network
White House Disability Policy Meeting: The steering committee of the Justice for All Action Network (JFAAN), a cross-disability coalition, met for an hour with two senior White House officials to discuss some of our common policy priorities.
July 31, 2009
Tony Attwood Says What He Really Thinks
Attwood himself started using, and still uses, the term “Cassandra Phenomenon” and also feels quite comfortable using “affective deprivation” at the same time that he publicly pretends to distance himself from the whole concept. In addition his unprofessional talk of the partner of a person with AS “becoming Aspie- it’s an infectious process” is both inaccurate and also demeaning.
June 22, 2009
ASAN’s Response to Dr. Tony Attwood
Dr. Tony Attwood Provides Inadequate Reply: After ASAN called on him to disassociate himself from hate groups, Dr. Attwood replied with only a form letter, sent to numerous recipients, which wholly failed to address his associations with Maxine Aston and FAAAS and the ongoing harm to Autistics and others with disabilities resulting from these associations.
June 15, 2009
Tell Tony Attwood to End the Hate: Autistic People Deserve Equality in Family Law and Relationships
Petition Against Hate Groups: ASAN has prepared a petition calling on Dr. Tony Attwood and Dr. Isabelle Hénault to disassociate themselves from hate groups promoting stereotypes and libels that seek to encourage discrimination against Autistic people in family law and relationships.
April 18, 2009
Keynote Address on Disability Law
On Friday, April 17th, 2009 ASAN President Ari Ne’eman delivered the keynote address at the National Federation of the Blind’s Disability Law Symposium. You can listen to…
April 17, 2009
ACTION ALERT: Autistic Six-Year-Old Charged with Assault
ACTION ALERT: Nathan Darnell, a six-year old autistic student at Taylor Elementary School in Bracken County, Kentucky, has been charged with fourth-degree assault for pushing a school aide. While we typically avoid getting involved in judicial proceedings, it is our feeling that the overreaction is so egregious as to require activism by the wider disability community.
September 24, 2007