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Our BlogFDA SHOCK BAN IN JEOPARDY!
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has alerted to a threat to the FDA’s proposed ban on electric shock devices such as those used at the Judge Rotenberg Center. Just now, it appears that Andy Harris, Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Subcommittee added language that is designed to exclude the JRC from the FDA’s device ban authority.
Global Standards for Self-Directed Support Open Call for Feedback
On December 20, from 3-4 pm ET/2-3 pm CT/1-2 pm MT/12-1 pm PT, the Human Services Research Institute will be hosting an open call for feedback on the development of new Global Standards for Self-Directed Support.
Celebrating Nancy Weiss’s legacy with the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
Nancy Weiss has worked for over forty years to transform the disability field, and is now retiring from the Leadership Consortium which she co-founded.
No Turning Back the Clock on Disability Justice: A Response to David Axelrod
David Axelrod’s NY Times Op-Ed, which promotes large, congregate settings, has the potential to “turn back the clock” on disability rights and justice.
Self-Advocacy through theater: Lateef McLeod stars in Sins Invalid’s “We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos”
Last month, Lateef McLeod, Alliance Board member, performed in the show “We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos” by disability justice group Sins Invalid to a virtual audience of over 800 people. The show focused on the intersection between climate...
Self-Direction Spotlight with Caroline Signore
Caroline gives advice on managing support staff and building natural supports with friends and people in your community. She believes that when people help each other, it brings them closer together and strengthens connection. She is the Deputy Director of the Division of Extramural Research, at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
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