Constitutional protection for bodily autonomy is of vital importance to people with disabilities, because that protection has far too often been denied to them in both reproductive and non-reproductive contexts. Perhaps most notoriously, around 60,000 Americans were forcibly sterilized in state-sanctioned programs to prevent those adjudged to have psychiatric disabilities from reproducing.
American non-profit organization supporting the rights of autistic people
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit disability rights organization founded in 2006 by Ari Ne'eman and Scott Robertson, run by and for autistic people. Guided by the principle 'Nothing About Us, Without Us,' it advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in the policy decisions that affect their lives.
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