ASAN has cut ties with Sesame Street

Autistic Self Advocacy Network has cut ties with Sesame Street due to Julia being used to advocate for Autism $peaks Screening Program.

Link to the article from ASAN

Holy crap... A FREAKING SCREENING PROGRAM. We are not a fucking disease. We are not a puzzle piece or a burden.

There is a petition for Sesame Street to cut ties with Autism $peaks, which I suggest people sign, or contact Sesame Street directly if possible.

Please boost this, ND or NT. This is undoing all the good that Julia represented for autism.

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For the details with no paywall:

More gay and bisexual men will now be able to donate blood under finalized FDA rules

While the number of people eligible to donate blood has expanded, the agency says it will continue to monitor the safety of the blood supply

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The article says that the guidelines have been updated. Instead of asking if you’re a man that’s had sex with another man in the past 3 months it asks everyone regardless of gender if they’ve had anal sex with a new partner or if they’ve had anal sex with multiple partners in the past 3 months.

This both opens up blood donation to msm in exclusive relationships or who don’t have anal sex and more accurately identifies hiv risk from people who aren’t msm. This is exactly the sort of guidelines we’ve been fighting for for years. This is a major win for both gay rights and blood donation in the US. Now a bunch of people who couldn’t donate before can donate now.