Inclusive Housing: How Sensory-Friendly Features Can Help Address a Growing Need

• By: Ann Carrick, MA Madison House Autism Foundation
• January 10th, 2024
• autistic adults, community initiatives, design accommodations, housing, housing challenges, inclusion, inclusive housing, individualized accessibility, neurodiversity, sensory issues, sensory-friendly housing, Winter 2024 Issue
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Home should be a place where you can relax, feel safe, unwind from the day, and feel like it is your space. However, not everyone has that option. To illustrate, in our work of supporting inclusive housing for autistic adults for over 16 years at Madison House Autism Foundation, we have found that...

Increase Neuro-Inclusive Housing in Your Community: Here’s How!

• By: Desiree Kameka Galloway Autism Housing Network Denise D. Resnik First Place® AZ
• March 26th, 2021
• adults, advocacy, affordable housing, community, community development, housing, housing assistance, inclusion, inclusive housing, policy, Spring 2021 Issue
• 4726    1

For most people with autism, housing is not affordable. It is a myth that Medicaid pays for housing (unless the individual lives in an institutional setting). If a person with autism can access Medicaid Long-term Support Services (LTSS) that pays for staff, transportation or programs necessary to...