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Autistic Voices | From Ethics & Autism To Disability Day Of Mourning
Sign up to be a Day of Mourning Vigil Site Coordinator 2023 Anti-Filicide Toolkit available at ASAN >> In the past five years, over 550 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Wednesday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember these disabled victims of…
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Autistic Voices | From Adult Misdiagnosis To Ban Seclusion in New Jersey Schools
ADULT MISDIAGNOSIS: THE DEFAULT PATH TO AN AUTISTIC IDENTITY By Autistic Science Person, TPGA I was lucky. This story isn’t about me. But it really could have been. I found out I was autistic before ever being misdiagnosed with anything. It’s time to ban seclusion in New Jersey schools New Jersey is considering new legislation after…
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Cure Autism Now: POLITICAL ACTION ALERT | May 13, 2001
POLITICAL ACTION ALERT – Sunday, May 13, 2001 We need the immediate help of everyone in the developmentally disabled community! A group of families have recently begun an effort to get some tax relief for the more than three million families in the US who have children with developmental disabilities. The basic idea is to…
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Cure Autism Now | The New Jersey Infantile Autism Biomedical Research Act | May 11, 1999
May 11, 1999 The New Jersey Infantile Autism Biomedical Research Act – signed into law! The Cure Autism Now Chapter successfully waged a campaign of action for all the children in New Jersey with autism. On May 11, 1999, The New Jersey Infantile Autism Biomedical Research Act was signed into law by Governor Christie Whitman…
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Cure Autism Now Parent Advisory Board as of June 1996
The CAN Parent Advisory Board The CAN international parent board will monitor research efforts from around the world, circulate the latest findings among the scientific work group, and coordinate fundraising. CAN believes that it is the interaction between concerned parents and researchers in the field that will help keep motivation high and the pace of…