HCBS Settings Rule Resources
…version without accompanying graphics Easy Read Edition Click on the title of any of the parts below to download it: Settings Rules Resources: How can I find out what rights…
…version without accompanying graphics Easy Read Edition Click on the title of any of the parts below to download it: Settings Rules Resources: How can I find out what rights…
…disconnected from our communities and suffer incredibly poor outcomes as a result. Most autistic adults need some kind of long-term support over the course of our life, but few of…
…is not an ethical–or scientifically plausible–response to autism. Can you imagine? If you had told me five years ago that Autism Speaks would remove the word ‘cure’ from their mission…
by Meg Evans The stories that we tell our children from their earliest days determine the course of their lives. So it has always been with humankind, ever since bright-eyed…
…compounding discrimination and harm in health care settings. For this reason children with disabilities are subjected to preventable harm in the course of medical care. These guidelines must seek to…
…possessions, your bank account, your car, stocks and bonds, property, whatever. Your net worth is not allowed to go above $1500. This, of course, creates a great deal of anxiety…
…public education system, in part, by the behavior of teachers, service providers, and administrators that Dr. Thomas Armstrong, an educator and author out of California, calls the disability discourse, which…
…health disabilities, and what changes we want to see. And of course, we were thrilled to once again honor our community members doing important work around advocacy, community building, and…
…the forefront of political discourse. We are angry after reading reports that Donald Trump used the r-word to describe his political opponents and has allegedly said that people with significant…
…training courses like Awareness and Action (A&A) and the Self Advocate Leadership Series (SALS). A&A helps people with I/DD to feel confident in recognizing, responding to, and reporting abuse in…