…blog posts of today, Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking catalogues the experiences and ethos of the Autistic community and preserves both diverse personal experiences and the community’s foundational documents together…
…evidence supporting community inclusion. We achieve the best possible outcomes when people with disabilities receive appropriate supports in community settings. It is ridiculous to use a random collection of anecdotes…
…society, through integrated employment at competitive wages with commensurate benefits: working and living side-by-side with other community members in integrated settings. HCBS Advocacy Coalition – The HCBS Advocacy Coalition is…
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrSd9OvmoNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ydsmQHX-j0 These resources were made possible thanks to the generous support of several funders, including the WITH Foundation. Video: Facts about the COVID-19 Vaccine Video: Facts about the COVID-19…
…the HCBS Settings Rule! This toolkit focuses on how the Home and Community-Based Services Settings Rule helps us live in the community. Community living means being able to live near…
…in our communities. Some of our community members are facing dangerous losses to their home- and community-based services, leaving many at risk of being forced into institutions, where COVID-19 outbreaks…
…autistic. Harriet McBryde Johnson Award for Nonfiction: Hannah Gadsby Hannah Gadsby stopped stand-up comedy in its tracks with her multi-award winning show, Nanette, which played to sold-out houses in Australia,…
…impact on the disability community, it’s unconscionable to leave out aid for programs like home- and community-based services and Medicaid. Also unconscionable is using autism as an excuse for hate…
…in the beginning. I would have felt like all the people in the autism community were working towards a common goal that made the world a better place for Autistic…
…including developmental disabilities. The proposed changes include a revised definition of autism that will combine several existing diagnostic categories into one unified autism spectrum category. Visit the DSM-5 public comment…
