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Are you looking to enhance the self-direction options in your state's Medicaid program? Applied Self-Direction for a member-only webinar on the underutilized yet powerful 1915(j) Medicaid State Plan Option. This webinar will cover: The 1915(j) advantage: How it...
FDA 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.
Growing Self-Direction from the Ground Up
Learn about how we are growing a national community for self-direction, and how can you become an essential part of this national community.
Register for DJ Savarese’s Poetry Workshop
Register for our board member DJ Savarese's poetry workshop. All proceeds will benefit the Alliance for Citizen Directed Supports' work to advance self-direction for all people with disabilities.
DJ Savarese on Developing Self-Directed Supports in College (Webinar Recording)
DJ Savarese describes the self-directed supports he used at Oberlin College as their first alternatively-communicating autistic student.
March 13 Fundraiser Film Screening of “Deej” and Q&A with DJ Savarese
On March 13, 2021 at 3pm ET, for a screening of the film “DEEJ: Inclusion Shouldn’t be a Lottery” followed by a meet and greet with co-producer, narrative commentator, Alliance Board member, and subject of the film, David James “Deej” “DJ” Savarese.
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