Autism Acceptance Month is nearly over, but the festivities don’t have to stop! We are honored and grateful to be a part of celebrating autistic culture and community.

Here are the answers to the trivia questions from last week!

1. Where can you sign up for our newsletter?
At the bottom of every page! Or here [[link removed]].

2. How many people are on staff? This doesn’t include the Board.
Currently, we have 14 people on staff!

3. How long do we recommend an elevator speech be?
Two minutes at most. You can read more here [[link removed]]!

4. What is the name of our 2021 Annual Report?
Our 2021 Annual Report [[link removed]] is called “All Aboard!” and is train-themed!

5. What do you think of the new website?
There are no wrong answers here - we hope you keep letting us know your thoughts and how we can make it even better!

Our community makes all our work possible. In the year since last Autism Acceptance Month, we’ve:

* Released eight different accessible toolkits [[link removed]] and even more COVID-19 factsheets [[link removed]] that ensure all people with disabilities have the tools we need to understand — and speak out about —  policy that affects our lives

* Joined COPAA, CommunicationFIRST and numerous individual families in signing a settlement agreement with Fairfax County, VA banning restraint and seclusion in all of its public schools [[link removed]]

* Hosted a second virtual and fourteenth overall Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) [[link removed]] Leadership Academy for autistic college students on their way to becoming self-advocacy leaders on their campuses

* Advocated for the inclusion of the largest federal investment in critical home- and community-based services [[link removed]] in the reconciliation budget bill

And much more!

Becoming a member is a great way to support all this work and more, all while getting rewards and membership-exclusive content [[link removed]] ! [[link removed]] Check out our membership program, and let’s keep making change together. [[link removed]]

These monthly membership plans come with special perks [[link removed]] such as a digital membership card or exclusive ASAN merch. Each one is named after a special interest shared by some autistic people, to celebrate autistic culture. Want to learn more about the tiers? Check out our membership page here [[link removed]] .

(If a monthly membership isn’t for you, but you still want to donate to support our work, you can do so here [[link removed]] !)

With your support, we can make autism acceptance happen all year round.

With gratitude,
The Team at ASAN

P.S. - Our scholarship memberships, for self-advocates who can’t pay for membership, aren’t going anywhere! Autistic people and those with other developmental disabilities can get our digital perks for free - contact [email protected] [[email protected]] to get signed up.


Autistic Self Advocacy Network
PO Box 66122
Washington, DC 20035
United States
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