Action Alert: Massachusetts residents, help Stop The Shock!
For years, the disability community has worked to end torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center. While we work towards an FDA ban on the use…
May 9, 2023
Self-Advocacy
☔ASAN April Update ☔
ASAN April Newsletter Dear friend, April showers bring May flowers, and April fights bring us our rights! Read on for updates about what we’ve been…
April 28, 2023
April 20, 2023
This Autism Acceptance Month, use your writing to advocate for our community!
This Autism Acceptance Month, we’re encouraging our community to write an opinion editorial (also known as an op-ed) for their local news! Op-eds are a…
April 20, 2023
Join us April 22nd & 23rd for an HCBS Self Advocacy Training
In March, the Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule went into effect. This Rule is all about our right to receive services that are…
April 10, 2023
New Toolkit: What is Structural Racism?
When systems that people made discriminate against people because of their race, we call that structural racism. Structural racism is built into our systems —…
April 7, 2023
🌸 ASAN March Update 🌸
ASAN March Newsletter With new resources, new opportunities, and new ways our community is supporting our work, we’re celebrating the newness of spring here at…
March 30, 2023
Testimony of Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 on Health and Human Services
These comments can be downloaded as a pdf here. On behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, I am grateful for the opportunity to provide…
March 23, 2023
💖 ASAN February Update 💖
ASAN February Newsletter Dear friend, While we hunker down from the winter weather, we’re reminded that everyone should have a safe place in the community…
February 27, 2023
❄️ ASAN January Update ❄️
ASAN January Newsletter Dear friend, Staying focused on advocacy is snow problem this New Year! ASAN is back in the (virtual) office, working on some…
January 31, 2023
Action Alert: Make Your Opinions on Autism Research Known!
Every year the federal government distributes funds for research on autism. The IACC makes recommendations about where those funds go and what research should be…
January 4, 2023
🎁 ASAN December Update 🎁
ASAN December Newsletter Dear friend, Happy holidays from everyone here at ASAN! During the course of this year, you’ve seen how your continued support keeps…
December 31, 2022