Happy Holidays from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network
As we approach the end of the year, many of you will be getting ready to spend the holiday season with your families. As you do, we hope you'll take a moment to remember all that we've accomplished together this year.
From our Navigating College handbook to our Symposium with Harvard Law School on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Autism Research, this has been an exciting year for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. We celebrated our fifth anniversary, engaged in advocacy on critical issues like stopping the Judge Rotenberg Center's abuse of children, fighting for more public support on critical topics like transition supports, true community integration, stopping restraint and seclusion and more.
In addition, our programming has helped build a stronger voice for the Autistic community in many sectors of American life. In our Keeping the Promise report, we partnered with other national self-advocacy groups to help define community living resulting in a document now being used by advocates and policymakers nationwide. Through our participation in the Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE), we are breaking new ground by ensuring the participation of Autistic voices in the research process. What's more, 2012 promises to bring even more progress.
In 2012, our new internship program with Freddie Mac will result in new job opportunities for Autistic adults. Our forthcoming Autism Campus Inclusion initiative will help train the next generation of Autistic leaders and build a network of Autistic-run organizations on college campuses across the country. Not to mention our continued advocacy and activism to ensure that wherever autism is being discussed, we have a voice at the table - together.
Will you help support our work to keep the self-advocate voice front and center in 2012? Please consider an end of year donation to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. With your help, the momentum we have begun this year can continue and build real and lasting change for our shared community. All donations are tax-deductible.
Sincerely,
Ari Ne'eman
President
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network
PS. If you are unable or uncomfortable making donations online, donations can be sent to
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network
PO Box 66122 NW
Washington, DC 20035
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