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March 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM

Teighlor McGee Grassroots Mini Grants Program Announcement

EmailTemplate-Responsive The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is excited to announce the second cycle of our Teighlor McGee Grassroots Mini Grants Program! The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is excited to announce the second cycle of our Teighlor McGee Grassroots Mini Grants Program! T…

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March 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM

FWD: Take Action to Protect Medicaid!

EmailTemplate-Responsive Today is a Save Medicaid Call-In Day! Lots of people will be calling Congress to tell them: NO cuts to Medicaid. Please use our plain language Action Alert to learn how you can talk to your legislators about protecting Medicaid.  If you want to call your leg…

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March 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM

ACI Applications Due TODAY!

EmailTemplate-Responsive TODAY is the last day to apply 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, und…

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March 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Don’t Miss Applying for ACI!

EmailTemplate-Responsive Applications are due TOMORROW for the 2025 Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Leadership Academy! ACI helps autistic students learn to make their college campuses better for people with disabilities. ACI participants learn about making student groups, understanding disability…

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March 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Are you ready to increase your advocacy skills? — Only 3 days left to apply for ACI!

EmailTemplate-Responsive There's only 3 days left to apply 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, …

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March 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Take Action to Protect Medicaid!

EmailTemplate-Responsive Medicaid is under attack in Congress, and it’s time to fight back! We have a new plain language Action Alert all about Medicaid. Medicaid is a program run by the government to help people pay for health care and services. Medicaid helps people who do not hav…

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March 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Together, We Thrive: CMCA's Success & How You Can Help

We’re sure you’re overwhelmed by the news lately. The only certainty with federal funding is that everything is uncertain. President Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze a few weeks ago sent shockwaves throughout the non-profit sector, and we are no exception. In these uncertain times, we have found comf…

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February 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM

🩷February ASAN Newsletter 🩷

Newsletter 6 w members Check out what we've been up to this February! ASAN February Newsletter Dear friend, Our communities have been overwhelmed the past few weeks with harmful policies, dangerous nominatio…

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February 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Tomorrow, mourn with us

EmailTemplate-Responsive Tomorrow, Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather virtually across the world to remember disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. Tomorrow, Saturday, March 1st, the disability community w…

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February 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM

FWD: Action Alert: Stop McMahon’s confirmation!

EmailTemplate-Responsive The Senate is voting on McMahon’s confirmation on Monday, March 3rd. Call your Senators now and tell them to vote NO on McMahon! The Senate is voting on McMahon’s confirmation on Monday, March 3rd. Call your Senators now and tell them to vote NO on McMahon!  …

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February 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM

Plain Language Action Roundup 📣: How you can help this week

EmailTemplate-Responsive The past few weeks have been hard for our communities. This is a Plain Language explanation of some of the tough things. We also talk about ways you can act now to protect our rights. The past few weeks have been hard for our communities. This is a Plain Lang…

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February 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Only 2 weeks left to apply for ACI!

EmailTemplate-Responsive There's only 2 weeks left to apply for the 2025 Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Leadership Academy! ACI helps autistic students learn to make their college campuses better for people with disabilities. ACI participants learn about making student groups, understanding disab…

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February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Action Alert: Stop McMahon’s confirmation!

EmailTemplate-Responsive The president’s pick for the new Secretary of Education is Linda McMahon. The President is trying to destroy the Department of Education, and nominating McMahon is part of his plan. Normally, we would expect that anyone nominated to run the Department of Edu…

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February 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM

🕯️In 9 days, help us remember disabled lives lost to filicide 🕯️

EmailTemplate-Responsive Next Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. Next Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather acros…

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February 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Fwd: Join us for Social Media and Effective Debunking!

EmailTemplate-Responsive Join us tomorrow, February 20 at 4-5:30pm ET, for Social Media and Effective Debunking! As we see more and more dangerous policies and threats to important programs, it's important to understand how to recognize — and debunk — misinformation on social media! …

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February 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM

There’s still time to apply for ACI 2025!

EmailTemplate-Responsive Applications are open for the 2025 Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Leadership Academy! ACI participants learn all about engaging in disability advocacy on their college campuses—forming student groups, understanding disability policy, and talking to people in power. After …

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February 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM

ASAN Condemns Announcement of President’s “Make America Healthy Again” Commission and Harmful Ideas about Autism and Other Disabilities

EmailTemplate-Responsive On February 13th, the president issued an Executive Order saying that the administration would be establishing a commission to attempt to lower the prevalence of autism and chronic health conditions in the United States. The proposed plan is full of attempts to research …

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February 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM

On March 1st, help us remember disabled lives lost to filicide

EmailTemplate-Responsive On Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember these disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. On Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather acr…

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February 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM

ASAN Disappointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Confirmation to Lead HHS

EmailTemplate-Responsive The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is disappointed by the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has a long record of spreading misinformation about autism in particular and public health in general. He …

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February 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Join us for Social Media and Effective Debunking!

EmailTemplate-Responsive Social media is a powerful tool for our community to connect, organize, and educate, but we need to be prepared to combat misinformation! Misinformation is when people share things that are not true. People can share misinformation on purpose or by accident. …

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February 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM

Here’s how you can fight back

EmailTemplate-Responsive The past three weeks of the Trump Administration have been incredibly difficult. Marginalized people are facing attacks on our rights, the programs we depend on for survival, and our existence itself. Our communities are understandably scared, and that fear is what peopl…

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February 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM

🕯️ A year of loss, a day of remembrance -- join Day of Mourning on March 1st 🕯️

EmailTemplate-Responsive On Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the world to remember these disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. In the past five years, over 542 people with disabilities have be…

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February 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM

Call your Senators to #StopRFK now!

EmailTemplate-Responsive We are deeply disappointed that Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr.’s nomination has moved out of the Senate Finance Committee. Now, the whole Senate will vote on whether he becomes Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). We need your help to stop the Sen…

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February 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Hear from an ACI alum and apply to Autism Campus Inclusion today!

EmailTemplate-Responsive 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, understandin…

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January 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM

⚖️ January ASAN Newsletter ⚖️

Newsletter 6 w members Check out what we've been up to this January! ASAN January Newsletter Dear friend, This has been an incredibly difficult month; our communities are hurting and scared. We are with you,…

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January 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Fwd: Join us for a policy advocacy webinar tomorrow! ⚖️

EmailTemplate-Responsive Are you interested in public policy and how it affects your community? Do you want to get involved in policy advocacy, but are unsure where to start? Join us for Policy Advocacy: What we do and how we do it on January 30 at 4-5:30pm ET! There are a lot of iss…

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January 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM

Your Support is Vital During this Federal Funding Freeze

  Dear John,  As you have likely heard, the Office of Management and Budget has temporarily paused all Federal assistance funding. There is much uncertainty about what this means, but we are worried about the impact on CMCA services. It could create significant challenges as we work to serve our mem…

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January 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM

📢 Our new guide helps you tell your legislators to protect Medicaid!

EmailTemplate-Responsive   Congress is proposing cuts to Medicaid. People with disabilities rely on Medicaid, including Medicaid waivers, for services and support that we need to live in the community. Cuts take away access to these vital services.  Cuts to Medicaid funding harm mi…

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January 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Announcing the Teighlor McGee Grassroots Mini Grant Program recipients!

EmailTemplate-Responsive Our first year of launching the Teighlor McGee Grassroots Mini Grant Program was extremely competitive. Applicants were innovative and interested in making real change in their communities, which made it hard to narrow down the finalists. We at the Autistic Self-Advocacy…

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January 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Help us honor those we’ve lost — sign up as a Day of Mourning site coordinator!

EmailTemplate-Responsive We need your help to make sure the lives of disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers are recognized. On Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather to remember disabled victims of filicide – please consider signing up to be a vigil sit…

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January 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Join us for a policy advocacy webinar on 1/30! ⚖️

EmailTemplate-Responsive Are you interested in public policy and how it affects your community? Do you want to get involved in policy advocacy, but are unsure where to start? Join us for Policy Advocacy: What we do and how we do it on January 30 at 4-5:30pm ET! Are you interested in …

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January 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Apply for Autism Campus Inclusion 2025!

EmailTemplate-Responsive 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, understandin…

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January 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM

FW Subj: 🕯️ We need your help for Disability Day of Mourning 🕯️

EmailTemplate-Responsive On Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather virtually and across the nation to remember disabled victims of filicide – and we need your help to make sure their lives are recognized. On Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather…

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January 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM

🕯️Sign up to be a Day of Mourning Vigil Site Coordinator! 🕯️

EmailTemplate-Responsive On Saturday, March 1st, the disability community will gather virtually and across the nation to remember these disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. We hold the Day of Mourning vigils to draw attention to these inj…

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January 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM

ACI 2025 Applications Now Open!

EmailTemplate-Responsive The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is now accepting applications for the 2025 Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Leadership Academy! ACI helps autistic students learn to make their college campuses better for people with disabilities. ACI participants learn about making stude…

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December 31, 2024 at 9:01 PM

❄️December ASAN Newsletter ❄️

Newsletter 6 w members Check out what we've been up to this December! ASAN December Newsletter Dear friend, As 2024 comes to an end and we prepare for the fights to come, we’re grateful to do it by your side…

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December 30, 2024 at 9:00 PM

A letter from Colin Killick, ASAN’s Executive Director

EmailTemplate-Responsive I hope this email finds you well this holiday season. I’m Colin Killck (he/him) and on November 1st I officially became Executive Director of ASAN. As the new Executive Director, I’m incredibly excited to take this opportunity to introduce myself to this community.  …

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  Erica Schmidt · [email protected]

December 30, 2024 at 4:00 PM

John, partner with us to help people and change lives!

  CoMoGives is ending soon! Help us reach our $20,000 goal.  Dear John,  We have just two days remaining in our CoMoGives campaign, and we're excited to share how close we are to reaching our goal. Thanks to the generosity of supporters like you, we're only $3,000 away from making our goal happen. …

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December 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM

ASAN is here for the long haul

EmailTemplate-Responsive Policy work is an ongoing cycle. Every year we face new challenges and often, new threats. Too often, our community members’ lives hang in the balance. Dealing with that can feel isolating, but you’re not alone. We’re gearing up for another year of defending our rights a…

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December 19, 2024 at 9:01 PM

Autumn’s ACI Journey

EmailTemplate-Responsive It’s an unfortunate reality that higher education wasn’t built to include disabled people, and those of us with the privilege to make it there often have to fight for inclusion. That’s why ASAN’s Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) program is so important. It helps empower aut…

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December 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM

Help us build a stronger future for our community

EmailTemplate-Responsive As 2024 comes to a close, we’re looking back at everything we’ve built together over the past year — and with your help, the work for 2025 is already stacking up! Every block, every brick, every donation helps us lay the foundation for a world where autistic voices are h…

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  Erica Schmidt · [email protected]

December 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM

We're Halfway – Thanks to You!

  Help us reach our $20,000 goal!  Dear John,  We have reached the halfway point of our CoMoGives campaign, and we are also nearly halfway toward our goal of raising $20,000 too. Your generosity has been instrumental all year and in helping us get this far. We couldn't be more grateful for partners …

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December 16, 2024 at 9:01 PM

TOMORROW: Join us for “What is Medicaid and how can we save it — again?”

EmailTemplate-Responsive There’s still time to register for tomorrow’s webinar all about Medicaid, how we stopped cuts in 2017, and how we can do it again! There’s still time to register for tomorrow’s webinar all about Medicaid, how we stopped cuts in 2017, and how we can do it agai…

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December 11, 2024 at 9:42 PM

📢 ALERT–Take Action on Fair Pay for Disabled Workers!

EmailTemplate-Responsive Hello! It is still legal to pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage. The minimum wage is the smallest amount that your boss is allowed to pay you for one hour of your work. Employers can pay disabled people less than minimum wage because of somet…

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December 10, 2024 at 9:01 PM

John, can we count on you?

EmailTemplate-Responsive Dear John,  We at ASAN wish you a happy holiday season. We are taking this time to reflect on this past year, the work we have done together, and the projects that still need to be finished. None of this, past, present, or future, would be possible without s…

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  Erica Schmidt · [email protected]

December 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Empower Entrepreneurs with Your CoMoGives Donation!

  The Missouri Women's Business Center staff work tirelessly to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurships, especially for women, minorities, and those with low income. Dear John,  At Central Missouri Community Action, we believe in the power of setting and working toward goals – and the Missouri Wome…

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December 4, 2024 at 9:01 PM

December 17: ASAN webinar on Medicaid and how we can save it — again

EmailTemplate-Responsive Medicaid is the biggest health care program in the country. It’s an important part of the United States health care system. But a lot of the information out there about Medicaid and attempts to change it can be difficult to understand and navigate. In 2017, the disabilit…

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December 3, 2024 at 9:01 PM

Today Is Giving Tuesday! Will you build with us?

EmailTemplate-Responsive As 2024 draws to a close, ASAN knows that our community is our strength. No self-advocate is alone in the fight for our rights. Brick by brick and victory by victory, each day we move closer to a world where people with disabilities have the support we need; the freedom …

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  Erica Schmidt · [email protected]

December 3, 2024 at 3:45 PM

This Giving Tuesday, help create stories of hope!

You can be the reason someone's life changes today!This Giving Tuesday, we want to share a story of transformation made possible by supporters like you.  U.S. Navy Veteran Chris was a frequent guest at Jefferson City's Room at the Inn when he heard about CMCA's housing outreach event. Due to his l…

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December 2, 2024 at 9:01 PM

Build with us for Giving Tuesday tomorrow!

EmailTemplate-Responsive December 3rd is #GivingTuesday, a day of giving where nonprofits of all sizes ask folks to donate and support their causes as a part of the holiday season. The work we do here at ASAN would not be possible without the strength of our community. December 3rd i…

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