ASAN affiliate groups are state and local disability advocacy groups that share a basic set of core values and policy positions with ASAN. Affiliate groups receive technical assistance, peer support, and advocacy alerts from ASAN, while retaining flexibility to focus on whatever issues are most relevant to them. Affiliate groups are listed here to encourage collaboration with each other, as well as to help interested individuals connect with groups that are local to them.
In order to become an ASAN affiliate group, your group must be:
- Run by people who identify as self-advocates with developmental disabilities (for example, autistic people or people with intellectual disabilities).
- Inclusive of the entire autistic and disabled community. To give a few examples, your group should be welcoming and accessible to people with intellectual disabilities, nonspeaking people, people with mobility impairments, etc.
- Currently active (have a meeting or event about once a month).
- Willing to update ASAN periodically on your activities.
To apply to become an ASAN affiliate group, please email Alex Grandstaff at agrandstaff@autisticadvocacy.org to receive an application.
List of affiliate groups by state:
Alabama
Huntsville, AL
Huntsville Autistic Adults
Holly Foshee – huntsvilleautisticadults@
California
Sacramento, CA
California Autistic Self Advocates (CASA)
Ashley Robertson – caautisticselfadvocates@gmail.com
Santa Rosa, CA
Autistic Rebel Family
Derek Hearthtower – derek@empowerment.earth
Georgia
Atlanta, GA
Autistic Self Advocacy Atlanta
Eren Niederhoffer – Autisticadvocacyatl@Gmail.com
Illinois
Chicago, IL
Autistics Against Curing Autism – Chicagoland
Timotheus Gordon, Jr. and Amanda Burkhart – aaca.chicagoland@gmail.com
Kentucky
Louisville, KY
Kentuckiana Autism Spectrum Alliance (KASA)
Micah Peace – kyautisticalliance@gmail.com
North Carolina
Greenville, NC
Autistic Students Alliance (ASA)
Ellie Maye – autisticstudentsalliance@gmail.com
Pennsylvania
Allentown, PA
Prism
Robin Gow – Robin@BradburySullivanCenter.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania Center for Autistic Advocacy
Cori Frazer – info@autisticpgh.org
Tennessee
Nashville, TN
Nashville Autism Peer Support (NAPS)
Patricia Powell – NashAPS4you@gmail.com
International affiliate groups:
Australia
Aberfoyle Park, SA
ASAN Australia and New Zealand
Kathy Isaacs – secretary@asan-au.org
Canada
Vancouver, BC
Autistics United Vancouver
Vivian Ly – vancouverautistics@gmail.com
Comox Valley, BC
Autistics United Comox Valley
Iris Parker – comoxvalleyautistics@gmail.com
Winnipeg, MB
Autistics United Manitoba
Baden Gaeke Franz – manitobaautistics@gmail.com
Ontario
Autistics for Autistics Ontario
Taryn Hamlyn – a4aontario@gmail.com
London, ON
London Autistics Standing Together (LAST)
Anne Lessnerkraus – londonautistics@gmail.com
Portugal
Aveiro, Portugal
Associação Portuguesa Voz do Autista
Sara Rocha – geral@vozdoautista.pt