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...

My Autistic Brother Nearly Died Waiting. Now They Want to Cut What Saved Him.

• By: Kimberly Schreiber NeuroNav
• June 10th, 2026
• developmental disabilities, developmental disability services, disability rights, federal funding, HCBS waivers, home and community-based services, Medicaid cuts
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He stood over me and his companion Steve on the steps leading into the Senate building and prayed "God, give me the words today." It was March 24, 2026, and my 30-year-old autistic brother Stephen was invited to Capitol Hill to meet with Congressional staffers and share his experience living with a...

Resilience, Resistance, and Making a Difference While Cultivating Autistic Joy and Living in Community

• By: Robert Naseef, PhD Clinical Psychologist, Author, and Parent of an Adult Autistic Son
• April 3rd, 2026
• autism advocacy, autistic joy, civil rights movement, community resilience, disability rights, Medicaid cuts, mutual aid, neurodiversity movement, Spring 2026 Issue
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If you’re feeling overwhelmed, you are not alone. Children are terrified of going to school. Families are being separated forcibly and deported. Peaceful protestors, including Renée Good and Alex Pretti, have been killed in the streets of Minneapolis. Warehouses are being converted into jails....