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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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Autistic Voices: Series of Essays on Hmong and Disability, Co-creating Autistic / ND Communities, Hypermobility Issues & More
A Series of Essays on Hmong and Disability for Asian American Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month This blog is originally part of Nancy Yang’s work as a Master’s student at CUNY School of Professional Studies. It is a series of essays on Hmong and disability, and it is an unfinished, ongoing piece of work…
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Misdiagnosed And Disabled: My Reality Due To Inadequate Healthcare For Autistics
By Eve Reiland What would Autistic healthcare look like today if parent-centered autism organizations didn’t push their agendas with autism interventions and research for a cure, and instead focused on supporting Autistics throughout their lifespans? This is a question I’ve repeatedly asked myself the past couple of months after finding out I had been misdiagnosed…
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Autistic Health: Improving Healthcare Experience For Autistics, Substance Use Survey & More
Autistic Substance Use Survey 2022 This a survey on Autistic people and substance use. The aim is to collate data anonymously on the use of drugs and alcohol in the Autistic community, and use that data to write a report that will be published on this website. The hope is that these insights may help Autistic…
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Autistic Community Voices: Creating Autistic Suffering, ASAN Statement, Autistic Routines & More | May 19, 2022
These things are not luxuries By Julia Bascom at Just Stimming … Historically, Washington, DC has only provided home and community-based services (HCBS) to people with developmental disabilities who also have an intellectual disability. This year, DC is joining most of the rest of the country in expanding eligibility to include people with developmental disabilities,…
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Autistic Parent Or Parenting An Autistic? Some Great Articles To Read … | May 2022
This list is created with the articles of Autistic Parents and Parents of Autistics. Autism Checklist of DOOM By Shannon Rosa and Autistic Science Person at TPGA@ShannonRosa and @AutSciPerson If you are a parent or caregiver for an autistic person—a child, or an adult—we beg you to consider our Autism Checklist of Doom. We’ve put this list…