9:06pm May 17, 2015

➸ We Wrote It – Now It’s The Law! | Autistic Self Advocacy Network

ayellowbirds:

This month, Maryland became the first state in the United States to enact the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s model law banning disability-based discrimination in organ transplantation. Maryland will be the third state to have an organ transplant anti-discrimination law, joining New Jersey and California.
This victory is the result of years of hard work here at ASAN. It started with our policy brief on discrimination in organ transplants. Our research, described in the brief, found that people with significant developmental disabilities are routinely denied life-saving organ transplants for no reason other than their disability.

More at the link.

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