News & Announcements
Vice President Harris invites AWN’s Lydia X. Z. Brown to speak at disability and reproductive rights roundtable
July 26, 2022 marked the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s signing into law. To commemorate the occasion, Vice President Kamala Harris invited Lydia X. Z. Brown, AWN’s Director of Policy, Advocacy, &…
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Everyone Deserves to Make Their Own Choices: A plain language statement about abortion rights and reproductive freedom
The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, and the National Women’s Law Center believe that all people should have control of their bodies.
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Disability Organizations Respond to the Overturning of Roe v Wade
The decision upends a core value at the heart of American life and law: that we each enjoy the individual liberty to make certain personal decisions without government interference. The very lives of disabled people depend upon the ability to make personal decisions without interference – including decisions about our bodies and medical care.
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#StopTheShock: Why we should all support Andre’s Law in New York
Last week, Lydia X. Z. Brown and I traveled to Albany, New York to speak at a press conference within the New York state capitol. We urged state legislators to pass New York Senate Bill…
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New report from National Women’s Law Center and AWN finds over 30 states legally allow forced sterilization
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a report, “Forced Sterilization of Disabled People in the United States,” with contributions by the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN). The report unveils groundbreaking…
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Disability Community Letter Responding to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky’s comments on January 7
On January 13, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network AWN signed onto a letter by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) alongside over 150 disability organizations to Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky condemning her ableist…
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Are you disabled and need help getting a COVID-19 vaccine? There’s a hotline for that.
In early September, the Administration for Community Living launched the Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) to help disabled people secure safe and easy access to COVID-19 vaccination. DIAL was created by a partnership between…
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Authentic Autistic Representation Values Black Autistic Lives and Black Autistic Voices
The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN), an organization primarily led by autistic people of color, is appalled by the August 13 Today Show article, “Why there’s a war between parents of children with autism…
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AWN’s Morénike Giwa Onaiwu has been named to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee
The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) applauds the July 7 appointment of Black autistic community leader Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD(c), MA, to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). The IACC coordinates federal activities concerning…
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AWN condemns court ruling upholding use of electric shock torture
The Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network unequivocally condemns yesterday’s court ruling striking down the FDA’s ban on painful electric shock for behavioral modification on disabled people. These devices are only known to be used at…
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AWN celebrates Neli Latson’s full pardon on Olmstead anniversary
Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the landmark Olmstead v. L.C. decision affirming the right to full community integration for all disabled people. What better way to honor Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson’s legacy than to celebrate Reginald Cornelius Latson’s unconditional pardon, announced earlier today!
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Announcing a #LiberatingWebinars collaboration with Autistic, Typing and other autistic BIPoC
Our Community Outreach Coordinator, Lei Wiley-Mydske, and our Equity, Justice & Representation Consultant, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, announced today that they have begun recording a series of webinars for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network’s ongoing #LiberatingWebinars…
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