…person-centered plans. There are no self-advocate experts from the mental health or aging communities. In order to embody the values of person-centered planning, it is imperative that people with disabilities…
…Senate’s COVID relief package includes emergency funding for Medicaid home- and community-based services. Home and community-based services funded by Medicaid allow people with disabilities like [me/ my family member/ my…
…Under the contact information for each Representative or Senator, there is a list of their local offices.You can go by yourself, or go with a group. You can use this…
…instruction on U.S. history, including the history of slavery, segregation, and civil rights advocacy; or discussing LGBTQ+ issues, including their own identities and families or the identities and families of…
…such models having been used with other marginalized communities for decades. At that time, even getting outsiders to believe there was an Autistic community at all was near-impossible. We were…
…but we also need all self-advocates and allies to submit your own public comments! The JRC’s supporters will undoubtedly be submitting comments of their own; it is crucial that the…
…walkers come down. We had over 20 signs, some staked in the ground and some held by hand. We were friendly. We smiled. We attempted to look at people’s faces.…
…know how to socialize wiith the cabbies. Typically for government agencies, the BVR didn’t even include a tip for the cabbies, and if you’ve ever talked to one, you know…
…from under me, which it does often, I can fall so far under the ground that things are very different. The world can disappear. Even the most basic sensory modes…
…if you said that no one should “judge” the murder as wrong, if you said that Elizabeth Hodgins was “driven to murder” by George’s autism or by “lack of services,”…
