priorities and social and cultural change. Ne'eman attracted significant public attention for ASAN's successful campaign against the New York University Child Study Center's Ransom Notes campaign and the organization's long-standing criticism of Autism Speaks. Ne'eman and ASAN have also been frequent advocates on issues like expanding access to employment supports for autistic adults, fostering greater educational inclusion for youth on the autism spectrum, strengthening rights protection laws across the lifespan and other more tradition disability rights priorities. After the passage of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Ne'eman was one of a number of advocates specifically recognized by then House Majority leader Steny Hoyer in the Congressional Record. On July 18, 2016, Ari Ne'eman announced that he would step down as president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, to be succeeded by Julia Bascom. He subsequently joined the American Civil Liberties Union as a consultant on disability policy. , he is writing a book for Simon & Schuster on disability history in the United States. Other autistic advocacy Ne'eman believes that society should focus on developing supports for autistics rather than searching for a cure. He believes a cure for autism will not come anytime soon and genetic insight gained on autism may be used to develop prenatal tests for the condition that will result in the premature termination of autistic fetuses. He urges scientists researching the genetics of autism to be cautious of the ethical implications of their studies. Ne'eman believes that social pleasantry should be eliminated as criteria for hiring and a good job evaluation. In 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Ne'eman to the National Council on Disability. Criticism of Ne'eman's view that society should not be curing autistic people may have been a factor in the hold on his confirmation. However, Daniel Pfeiffer, then the White House Communications Director, accused Republican senators of intentionally blocking many of President Obama's nominees; in May 2010, there were 96 people waiting to be confirmed to administration posts. In addition to having served on the NCD, Ne'eman was a public member of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee and a board member of TASH. He had been Vice Chair of the New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force, and served on the New Jersey Special Education Review Committee. Ari Ne'eman led a campaign in Washington State to get a bus advertisement removed which advocated the "wiping out" of autism. Arzu Forough of