The Autistic Self Advocacy Network appreciates the opportunity to submit comments for the nonspeaking RFI by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). Our comment looks to…
…health care to autistic people of many different cultures) Services and supports: Augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) and communication strategies Home and community-based services (HCBS) Education Therapies & interventions besides mental health…
…intellectually and developmentally disabled community have access to culturally competent home and community-based services that meet individual support needs. ASAN works to ensure that these services are provided in non-restrictive…
…to utilize HCBS funds to support settings which are clearly not home and community-based. We urge CMS to consider the following recommendations to bring the proposed rule in compliance with…
…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…
…everyone has benefited from the work they do and fund. ACL supports the Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule, which helps people with disabilities live in our communities, get…
…from other marginalized communities to apply. Learn more and apply today! The past few weeks have been hard for our communities. That’s why we wrote a Plain Language explanation of…
…with everyone else! Community living means living in the same places as people without disabilities. A community can be a neighborhood, town, or city. It can be any place where…
…Toolkit on Improving Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Getting and Advocating for Community-Based Housing ASAN Position Statements and Work on Community Living ASAN to Nevada: Betty’s Village is Not Community…
…community, the muscular dystrophy community, the Down syndrome community, and a wide variety of other parts of the community of people with disabilities that were present from birth and, basically,…
