Dear Chairman Mica and Ranking Member Connolly: On behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the nation’s leading advocacy organization run by and for autistic…
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is deeply concerned by the recently introduced Combating Autism Re-authorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4631). H.R. 4631 fails to address…
Dear Senator Menendez, Rep. Smith and Rep. Doyle, We, the undersigned organizations committed to advancing equality of opportunity for people with disabilities, write with regard…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Autistic Self Advocacy Network Issues Statement on Latest CDC Autism Prevalence Data Latest CDC numbers reflect better understanding of autism; racial and…
Nine years ago, Congress passed the Combating Autism Act (CAA), legislation that focused federal autism research and policy activities on creating a world without autistic…
Memorandum on CAA Re-Authorization Date: January 26th, 2014 To: Members of Congress and relevant staff From: Ari Ne’eman, President, Autistic Self Advocacy Network Samantha Crane,…
November 20, 2013 Submitted electronically to www.regulations.gov Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852…
We Need Your Help! For too long people with invisible disabilities have been left out of the unemployment services system. Although people with invisible disabilities…
Recently, an article[i] argued that some Autistic children reach what they call the “optimal outcome” of moving out of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study…
Today, November 29th, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on autism. ASAN has closely followed the news and information leading…
As part of a letter addressing the California Department of Managed Health Care, Autistic Self Advocacy Network president Ari Ne’eman offered the following comments on…
Recently, an article published in the journal Pediatrics argued that inclusion in the general education classroom was not an evidence-based indicator of improved postsecondary outcomes…
