Disability Rights Advocates Meet with White House Officials

ASAN President Ari Ne'eman and other leaders of the disability rights advocacy group Justice for All Action Network (JFAAN) recently met with senior administration officials at the White House to discuss priority issues in disability policy, including health care, community supports and services, housing, education and school abuse prevention, transportation, and employment.

Government leaders must work with disability rights groups and self-advocates in making policy decisions, said the JFAAN leaders. At present, JFAAN is organizing policy working groups in the areas of employment policy, health care reform, and grassroots organizing; it also holds weekly policy calls. If you are interested in participating on the weekly calls or one of the working groups, write to jfa@aapd.com and let organizer Sarah Peterson know.