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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum.ASAN advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in decisions that affect them, including: legislation, depiction in the media, and disability services.
Ari Daniel Ne'eman (/ n eɪ ə ˈ m ɑː n /; born December 10, 1987) is an American disability rights activist and researcher who co-founded the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in 2006. [1]
She was the chair of the Autism and Race Committee for the Autistic Women's Network from 2014 to 2020. [5] [7] She is a current and former executive and advisory board member of a number of organizations, including serving as Vice Chair of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) Board of Directors from 2016 to 2020. [5] [11]
Despite the growing diagnosis of autism, which has been estimated to affect more than 2 million children and teens across the country, experts and advocates have bemoaned glaring gaps in services ...
She was the Deputy Executive Director of ASAN, and replaced Ari Ne'eman as president of ASAN in 2017. She left her position as president of ASAN at the end of 2023 due to complications from long COVID. [2] Bascom was one of the experts consulted to create an autistic character, Julia, for the children's show Sesame Street. [5]
Zoe Gross, director of advocacy for Autism Self Advocacy Network, a nonprofit by and for autistic people which worked with Sesame Street to develop Julia's character in 2017 before breaking ties ...
The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) uses a seven-colored heptagonal symbol to represent both the autistic spectrum and the idea of diversity. [ 1 ] The autism rights movement rejects the classification by psychiatrists of autism as a disorder.
She said the new directory, part of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Project, or ASAP, launched at the end of April with over a hundred businesses listed, ranging from companies in Rio Rancho in the ...