ACTION ALERT: Enough is enough – tell your Senators to #StopKavanaugh
From the start, the Kavanaugh nomination was a threat to people with disabilities — to our inclusion, our health care, and our civil rights. Now,…
September 24, 2018
Self-Advocacy
ACTION ALERT: We won’t stop til we #StopKavanaugh!
Kavanaugh doesn’t believe in people’s right to control our own bodies – he never has, and he never will. We have seen that reflected in…
September 20, 2018
ACTION ALERT: Tell your Senators: stop the vote on Kavanaugh!
Over the last month, you’ve heard from us about Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s views, and the danger his nomination poses to our community. ASAN already opposes…
September 18, 2018
ACTION ALERT: We won’t go back – call your Senators NOW!
Our community made history on Friday when Liz Weintraub became the first person with an intellectual disability to testify at a Supreme Court confirmation hearing…
September 11, 2018
ACTION ALERT: Our rights and our lives are on the line – call your Senators!
Yesterday, Judge Kavanaugh was asked whether he would uphold the part of the Affordable Care Act that protects people with pre-existing conditions—and he refused to…
September 6, 2018
ACTION ALERT: Disability Rights v. Kavanaugh – call your Senators today!
Since before there was a self-advocacy movement, our community has fought for the right to be in control in our own lives. Now, a nominee…
August 28, 2018
ASAN Response To ASHA Position Statements
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network opposes the final position statements from the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) regarding Facilitated Communication (FC) and Rapid Prompting…
August 27, 2018
ACTION ALERT: Health care under fire again – call your Senators now!
You already know how important the Affordable Care Act is for people with disabilities in the US. Over the last year and a half, we’ve…
August 23, 2018
Don’t let Judge Kavanaugh rewind our rights – call your Senators this week!
As people with disabilities, we know that every right we have is the result of a hard-won fight. Now, Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the…
August 14, 2018
ASAN Opposes Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network opposes the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. As a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals,…
August 13, 2018
ASAN Letter to ASHA On The Right To Communicate
This letter is available as a PDF here. Dr. Elise Davis-McFarland, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, President, Past Chair, Committee on Committees Meher Banajee, Chair, ASHA Ad Hoc…
July 2, 2018
ASAN meets with FDA to #StopTheShock
Yesterday, ASAN and a coalition of disability rights organizations met with Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, head of the FDA’s Center for Radiological Health and Medical Devices….
June 5, 2018