…ensuring access & accountability in health care, education, employment, housing, transportation, voting, and within the juvenile, criminal justice system, natural disaster response, climate change, immigration detention facilities, and COVID-19 responses….
…coalitions to submit multiple letters of support for changes to health care privacy laws that would protect LGBTQ+ people Encouraged the Senate to promptly vote on the Equal Employment Opportunity…
…they support. The financial precarity experienced by direct support workers as a result of these policies forces many workers to exit the workforce for other employment, disrupting the stability of…
…this violence. Autistic people are already significantly discriminated against in housing, employment, education and other sectors of American life. It would only add further to this horrendous tragedy if those…
…of Independence, mobility, Activities of Daily Living, communication, and employment. Regarding communications technologies and systems, the Strategic Plan mentions Picture Exchange Communication Systems but does not address other systems. PECS…
…followed by Battat and Brown talking about our technology and transportation policy priorities. Imparato quickly referenced a draft JFAAN employment policy paper, which Dale expressed an interest in reviewing. The…
…a wide variety of disability rights related legislation relating to education, transition, employment, rights protection and other areas. His work has been featured in the New York Times, New York…
…secondary education to post-secondary education or employment. It would also fund projects to improve quality of life of autistic individuals throughout their lifespan, including expansion of community-based supports, nutrition and…
…gainful employment, and research to ensure that these supports meet the needs of all autistic people. The Trump administration’s recently-released budget would cut billions of dollars in funding needed to…
…with disabilities. For example, Massachusetts’ 2018 Olmstead Plan says that the state: works on getting employment in the community for people with disabilities spends money and resources on affordable housing…
