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…Starting a Non-Profit is Like Having a Baby: 8 Questions Your Group Should Ask Before Starting a NonProfit: Many self advocacy organizations want to become formalized non-profits recognized by the…
…Starting a Non-Profit is Like Having a Baby: 8 Questions Your Group Should Ask Before Starting a NonProfit: Many self advocacy organizations want to become formalized non-profits recognized by the…
…previously submitted comments to the IACC focusing on support for communication access beyond oral speech. As we stated in those comments, there is troublingly little research in IACC’s database from…
…lack of resources and community supports. Our country must prioritize community-based resources — and recognize people experiencing homelessness as part of our communities. We know that options like supportive housing…
…administration can do without Congress, and it will make many people’s lives better. Our community needs to show our support for these changes! You can submit your comments on or…
…a wide variety of possible forms of communication, including verbal communication, behavior as communication, and augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) devices. At least one-third of autistic people are not able…
…clear and comprehensible. In a diverse country, this means that healthcare-related documents and communications should be offered in a beneficiary’s native language. Nonetheless, the proposed rule removes critical components of…
…people to live in. But I became bitter that the world most of the autism community was fighting for was one where I did not exist, and some non-Autistic parents…
…a biracial and neuroscopious nonbinary individual, they have over a decade’s worth of experience in community organizing and building safe(r) queer Muslim spaces. They currently live on occupied and unceded…
…verbal speech. As described above, nonspeaking autistic people have a range of assessed verbal and nonverbal IQs, and IQ tests lack validity for nonspeakers. Both populations do share one key…
This letter is available as a PDF here. Dr. Elise Davis-McFarland, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, President, Past Chair, Committee on Committees Meher Banajee, Chair, ASHA Ad Hoc Committee on FC and RPM…