…Act requires that schools, like many other public services, provide “effective communication” for their students with disabilities. This can include providing a sign-language interpreter for Deaf students, using sound amplification…
…disabilities deserve to understand how to vote. That’s where our new plain language voting toolkit comes in. The toolkit focuses on the process of voting, and understanding how to prepare…
…Everyday Health. Retrieved from http://www.everydayhealth.com [xxv] Carey, B. (2013, January 16). Some with autism diagnosis can overcome symptoms, study finds. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes*]}*.com [xxvi] Landau. (2012).…
…feel more like their gender, and more comfortable in their body. Transgender and nonbinary people with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve equal access to information about gender affirming health care….
…Effective Communication Works Some people have disabilities that make it harder for other people to understand them. Sometimes people have disabilities that make it harder for them to understand other…
…boosters. People with developmental disabilities are especially vulnerable to COVID-19. Many in our community have additional risk factors, like heart or lung issues. COVID-19 is especially dangerous in congregate settings…
…do not have disabilities.” Further, “[t]he absence of professional training on disability competency issues for health care practitioners is one of the most significant barriers preventing people with disabilities from…
…the Autism CARES Act1Autism CARES Act of 2019, H.R. 1058, S. 427, 116th Cong. (2019). and its annual commemoration of Autism Acceptance Month,2Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Acceptance Month: Acceptance…
…gated communities or villages or apartment complexes or, my favorite, “neurodiverse intentional communities,” are springing up, eager to take in the first generation of developmentally disabled young adults who grew…
…we have been trying to escape. Neither type of response brings the understanding and the knowledge necessary to communicate both the nature and the urgency of our priorities because both…
