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Category Archives: Community Services and Supports
New Federal Funds for Community Living
Community Living Funds Increased: The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has announced that significant new federal support will be provided for community-based alternatives to institutional long-term care for Medicaid recipients....
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Can’t Be Choosers
When you try to get SSI, the process is all about telling them how horrible you are at doing things; how you can't cook for yourself except for heating things up in the microwave; how it takes you forever to get your place clean; how you didn't learn to...
Virginia Budget Controversy
In the Charlottesville Daily Progress, Paula C. Durbin-Westby of ASAN stated her opposition to proposed budget cuts that would hurt people with disabilities....
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Joint Letter to Secretary Sebelius on the Community Choice Act
Long Term Services and Supports Advocated: ASAN and several other disability rights organizations have sent a joint letter to Secretary Sebelius urging that the Community Choice Act, which would eliminate the institutional bias in Medicaid and enable people with disabilities to live in the community, be included in health...
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Pennsylvania Video Produced
ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson was among several autistic adults featured in Second Look: Adults With Autism: Autism Affects Every Person Differently, a 17-minute video produced by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare’s Bureau of Autism Services. The video can be obtained free from the Bureau of Autism Services by sending...
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Interview on Transition Issues
ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson was interviewed for the article Autism into Adulthood: Making the Transition, which appeared in Social Work Today magazine’s September/October 2008 issue....
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News Report on Services
ASAN’s Dora Raymaker was quoted in an Oregon Public Broadcasting news report on services for autistic people on Aug. 20, 2008. Click here to read the report....
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Pennsylvania Medicaid Waiver Program for Autistic Adults
Medicaid Waiver Approved in Pennsylvania: The U.S. government has approved an Adult Autism Medicaid Waiver to enable autistic adults living in Pennsylvania who are not currently receiving services to receive funding for needed supports and services in the community....
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