Shannon Des Roches Rosa Ally to the Autistic Community 2024 Remarks
As a part of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s 2024 gala, we have the honor to share and uplift our remarkable awardees’ words and their service to the self-advocacy and disability community. We will be sharing their remarks for the first few months of 2025. ⁂ ASAN was founded in November 2006. At that time,…
ASAN April Update
ASAN April Newsletter Dear friend, This Autism Acceptance Month has been difficult for much of our community. We have seen a myriad of threats to our rights and supports, and so much seems uncertain. We focus on what’s in our power to change, and that change only comes from our grassroots efforts. We have…
Plain Language Roundup: Autistic Lives are Worth Living
It is almost the end of Autism Acceptance Month. But the government keeps on hurting autistic and other disabled people. Last week, we joined other big autism and disability organizations to put out a statement. In the statement, we say that we agree on three basic things: Right now, some people in the government don’t agree…