Applications are open for the 2025 Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Leadership Academy! The ACI summer leadership training prepares autistic students to engage in disability advocacy on their college campuses. ACI participants learn about making student groups, understanding disability policy, and talking to people in power. After the Academy, students get help from ASAN to meet their advocacy goals at their college. This year’s program will be held from July 14th through 20th, 2025. This year’s ACI program will be held virtually. Due to the ongoing pandemic, we have held ACI virtually since 2020.

Past students have learned new skills and information about topics in different fields, including disability policy, building student groups, intersectionality in activism, and campaign strategies. After ACI is over, students return to their campuses to share what they’ve learned, improve campus accessibility, and create policy change on a local, state, and national level.

To apply for Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI), you must: 

• Be autistic. 
  • You do not have to have an official autism diagnosis to apply.
  • You can be self-diagnosed as autistic.
• Be a student at a college or university with at least one year left before you graduate.
  • Students in TPSID (Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities) programs can apply.
  • Students in 2-year community colleges can apply.
  • Students in 4-year colleges can apply.
  • Students in graduate school can apply.
• Live in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
  • You do not have to be a citizen of the US, Canada, or Mexico, you only need to live there.
  • The US here means all 50 states and all US territories.
  • Canada here means all provinces and all Canadian territories. 
  • Mexico here means all states and all Mexican territories.
  • (Please note: ACI is presented entirely in English and the policy sections of ACI will only talk about the United States)

We especially encourage students of color, LGBT students, low-income students, students with intellectual disabilities, AAC users, and students from other marginalized communities to apply.

To apply, please submit a completed application by Sunday, March 9th, 2025 to Dean Strauss, [email protected].

If you need assistance or accommodations at any stage, or have any questions about ACI, please contact Dean Strauss, [email protected].

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

PO Box 66122
Washington, DC 20035

 

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