The following is an important request from Ari Ne’eman. President of The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) on the topic of government-sanctioned physical force against students in their charge::
http://www.change.org/autisticadvocacy/actions/view/protect_floridas_students_against_abuse_through_aversives_restraint_and_seclusions
Hello,
For the past several years, we’ve advocated to end the consistent abuse and risk of violence that Autistic students as well as those with other disabilities face […]
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Gulag Iowa
Posted in Advocacy, News, Opinion, Rant, Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2009
I am not going to be able to speak at any length about this story. It makes me more angry than is healthy. I’ll have to see what I can do about this kind of thing in the future. It’s just not productive to spend so much energy on other folks’ bad behavior.
Those bastards.
Anyway, here’s […]
To whom it may concern:
I am a 54 year-old adult Autistic in Iowa, who is the parent of an 29 year-old Autistic adult and an Autistic 17 year-old. I’m writing to mention a few of the ways our new administration can create more justice and empowerment for adult Autistics.
Perhaps what might have made the biggest […]