by SNN | Jan 30, 2023 | Autism, President's Statement, Statement
The distressing new findings by Rutgers University researchers that autism rates have tripled over the past 16 years are made far grimmer by their conclusion that, once again, children in underserved communities are not getting the same access to resources as their...
by SNN | Oct 10, 2022 | President's Statement, Press Release, Statement, Uncategorized
Leading child advocacy group cites damage of Council President’s racist, violent comments and colleagues’ complicity. Los Angeles, CA –Special Needs Network demanded the immediate resignation of Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez, Council Members...
by SNN | Jun 29, 2022 | President's Statement, Statement
The aftershocks of today’s SCOTUS opinion overturning Roe vs. Wade are already rippling across the country, as many states have trigger laws withdrawing the established right to abortion. This devastating decision is happening despite that documented fact that a...
by SNN | May 26, 2022 | President's Statement, Statement
Dear friends of SNN, The numbers are impossible to fathom. Nineteen Texas school children and two teachers dead in yet another devastating act of unspeakable violence, just 10 days after the mass shooting targeting Black people shopping for groceries in Buffalo. The...
by SNN | Sep 15, 2021 | Statement
In the wake of the police and vigilante killings of unarmed African Americans—Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Elijah McClain to name a few—a recent Pew poll showed that approximately 67% of Americans now support Black Lives Matter, a movement that...
