Autism and ND Advocacy Association

12/03/2024

A quote from our CEO :)

12/03/2024

Happy IDPD! Our CEO participated in a UNESCO-affiliated panel event to celebrate.

11/26/2024

Amplifying 📣📣📣🩵 - Join us on 3rd December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, for an event titled “Pathways to Inclusion in Higher Education”!

The event is hosted by the SDG4 Youth and Student Network, in partnership with UNESCO and the University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Interaction, Development and Diversity.

Date: 3rd of December 2024
Time: 1pm-2pm CET (Paris time)
Platform: Online (Zoom)

Register here: https://lnkd.in/eswCqXQM 
See Concept Note here: https://lnkd.in/eBx5CiZN

06/18/2024

FCIC is conducting an important needs assessment about services and supports for Floridians with developmental disabilities (DD) throughout Florida. We invite responses from people with DD, family members and caregivers of people with DD, and providers for people with DD. The survey will take about 10 minutes, is available in both English and Spanish, and can be completed on a computer, smartphone, or tablet. Your participation is voluntary and confidential.

Survey link: https://bit.ly/FCICSurvey

Please share!

05/31/2024

Take our community survey to inform the future of our nonprofit organization!

www.tinyurl.com/anaasurvey

Any questions? email [email protected]

05/29/2024

OUR TABLET DRIVE IS BACK!

After much success last year pairing families in need with free communication devices for their children (that they for various reasons could not attain otherwise) - our initiative is back this year!

We're donating Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices (tablets) to autistic children in need. We're also raising money to buy the software needed on these devices.

Our program last year provided tablets to families in need of communication devices. We are excited to announce that we are rerunning the program this year! Please consider contributing to our initiative by donating any used or new tablets (in person or via mail) or making a tax-deductible donation to our nonprofit, which will go directly to the tablet program.

Donate a cash donation at: https://tinyurl.com/tabletdonate
Learn more at: https://autismandndadvocacy.com/tablet-drive

Email us at [email protected] to make an in person donation (NYC or Parrish, FL Area).

Thank you for your support and making these kids quality of life better. Email us with any questions or if you know someone in need of a communication device. We partner with autism service providers to ensure your donation goes to a child in need!

05/19/2024

Welcome one of our new STAR Flutie Fellows, Juliette Gudknecht! She is a dedicated autistic autism researcher and advocate, currently interested in researching language use and societal views surrounding autism and how it impacts well-being in autistic adults. She holds an MS in applied statistics and a bachelor’s in physics and mathematics and is currently studying for her PhD with a focus on autism. Juliette is also the CEO and Founder of the Autism and ND Advocacy Association, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering autistic people. We are proud to partner with Juliette through our STARS program in our shared mission! Follow Juliette on her impactful endeavors on her Instagram.

04/04/2024

We support the sunflower! 🌻 we are now an official charity member of 😊♾️❤️🫶🏻✨

04/02/2024

Thanks for the shoutout of our CEO, on ❤️♾️🇺🇳

03/29/2024

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Wondering how you can help? You can write a public comment to the FDA to .

Background:
The JRC in Massachusetts houses individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health disabilities, and learning disabilities, including many autistic people. Shock devices are used to punish residents for minor infractions, inflicting immense pain for simply being themselves.

What's Happening Right Now?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a proposed rule to ban electric shock devices. Your voice matters in this decision-making process!

How Can You Take Action?
Join the campaign by submitting a public comment to the FDA. Your comment can make a real difference in pushing the FDA to enact this crucial rule.

Submit your comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-2023-N-3902-0001

Every voice counts in the fight to .

Thank you to ASAN for their update on this (which we used as a source to create this post). They also have a plain language guide to help write the comment.

03/12/2024