The Unfinished Business of the ADA: Financial Security for People With Disabilities

• By: Gyasi Burks-Abbott, MS Author, Educator, Autistic Self-Advocate
• September 25th, 2026
• ADA anniversary, autism self-advocacy, disability policy, disability poverty, Fall 2026 Issue, financial security, HCBS, Medicaid cuts, SSI asset limits
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On July 26, 2026, the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the National Council on Disability (NCD) announced the "Plan for Disability Middle Class Framework." The NCD is the independent federal agency that first recommended the creation of an ADA and wrote the initial...

Who Is Caring for Whom? Rethinking Care Work and Disability

• By: Rhonda Cheryl Solomon, MSc, PhD (cand.) University of Toronto
• April 3rd, 2026
• autism self-advocacy, autistic identity, disability and care work, emotional labor, masking, sensory sensitivities, social expectations, Spring 2026 Issue, stigma
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I feel literally stuck between a rock and a hard place. It’s the night of my choir performance and the choir is grouped by sections and lined up in rows in the community centre auditorium. I find myself in the centre of the soprano section: there’s one row in front of me, one row behind, and...