In light of the recent announcement that the Obama Administration intends to utilize the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Representative Payee database to feed the names of people with psychiatric disabilities…
…leading national disability organizations led by people with disabilities themselves and supported by grassroots constituencies living with disabilities in all states and the District of Columbia. In light of the…
…ContactingCongress.org and type in your ZIP code. Under the contact information for each Representative or Senator, there is a list of their local offices.You can go by yourself, or go…
Are you interested in advocating on issues that matter to you and your community? Do you want to get involved in community organizing and policy advocacy, but are unsure where…
…Community-Based Services Waivers, or research and demonstration waivers. It further explained that states are required to provide medically necessary services for Medicaid-eligible individuals under the age of 21, including many…
…10 Jun. 2014, available at http://www.motherjones*]}*.com/politics/2007/08/school-shock. ASAN itself has heard reports from many people with developmental disabilities who have had an ESD used on them.10An excellent resource that collects such…
…with people with disabilities has to be as good as communication with people without disabilities. Bad or limited communication will not do. Doctors and insurance companies have to give people…
…have to know what’s going on and understand you’re not alone, you’re part of a community that has a multitude of histories, ideas, and cultures. You don’t have to be…
…the voices of self-advocates are included in state policy discussions about our lives. Funding would be cut from other crucial programs established through the Developmental Disabilities Act, including Protection and…
…to all of us, early-, late- and un-diagnosed, speaking and non-speaking, with and without intellectual disability, of all races, religions, orientations, disabilities, genders and every other facet of difference. It…
