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Legal > Housing
Moving from a Nursing Home to Community Housing Under Olmstead
...promise of community integration...community integration exists on...The ADA Integration Mandate....provide community-based services...determine community placement...not oppose community placement...placement Community placement...live in community settings...institutions. The integration mandate recognizes...participate in community life. What...phase in community services,...
Assistive Tech > Vision
Screen Reader Comparison 2025: JAWS vs. NVDA vs. VoiceOver vs. Narrator
...comprehensive feature set of any Windows screen reader, including deep integration with Microsoft Office, scripting support for non-accessible applications,...scripting support for non-accessible applications, and a large support community. Many workplace environments and IT departments have JAWS documentation...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Alexa vs. Google Home: Which Virtual Assistant Works Best for Your Disability?
...speaker reviews spend their time on music quality and third-party app integration. Neither of those things is why someone with a mobility limitation, a...Which works with the specific devices most families in the disability community already own? Those questions have real answers, and they point in different...
Financial > Housing Assistance
Wanted: A Place of My Own
...member of the home provider's extended family, and gets involved in the community in ways that may not be possible in a traditional group home. Our shared...dozens of shared living situations, our services include: in-home support, community programs, transition support from school to adulthood, career skills development...
Therapies > Occupational
Occupational Therapy
...skills. By using play, self-care tasks, social and community therapeutic activities, children develop functional...independently.OTs also work with children who have sensory integration and regulation dysfunction. These clients have...the autonomic nervous system. During Sensory Integration treatment, clients are desensitized to inputs...
Social Engagement > Community Living
Emotion, Community…Miracles
...children come out of their shells; overzealous children learn to take turns. All develop a stronger, positive sense of self and become part of a dynamic community. Children who during their school day may be involved with self-stimulating behaviors, or may be aggressive due to feeling misunderstood, often come...
Legal > Government Benefits
Nine States Are Challenging the Legal Rule That Keeps People with Disabilities in Their Communities
...challenging the HHS "integration mandate" under Section...with disabilities in community settings rather than...fund Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)...fall. States could treat community-based care as optional,...Section 504 and the Integration Mandate Are. Section...That's the link. The "integration mandate" is an HHS rule...
Legal > Government Benefits
Kansas Dropped the Section 504 Lawsuit and the Federal Government Filed Its Defense Today. Here's What Disability Families Need to Do Before July 7.
...federal disability integration rules from seven...HHS Section 504 integration mandate, the Olmstead...most integrated community setting appropriate...Medicaid home and community-based services...state to offer community-based alternatives...the Olmstead integration mandate to require...states to offer community-based services...rights to refuse community service expansion,...
Legal > Government Benefits
The DOJ Just Said States Aren't Required to Serve Disabled People in Their Communities. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
...people with disabilities in community settings rather than institutions....case that established the integration mandate. The timing matters....families receiving home and community-based services need to know,...wrongly decided and that the integration mandate exceeds the statute's...people with disabilities in community settings. States that cut...
News > Advocacy
A Federal Court Just Ruled That New Hampshire's Medicaid Home Care Program Is Failing Disabled Residents. Here's What Families Across the Country Need to Know.
...on whether the state is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act's integration mandate, established in Olmstead v. L.C., which prohibits unnecessary...For families across the country who rely on similar Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver programs, this case is a reminder that states...
Legal > Government Benefits
Seven States Are Still Challenging the Rule That Keeps People with Disabilities in Their Communities, and the Federal Response Is Due June 15
...provide disability services in community settings rather than institutions...challenge only HHS's 2024 integration mandate regulations, the...to fund Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers...fall. States could treat community-based care as optional, not...federally-backed right. What the Integration Mandate Is and Why It Matters....
Lifestyle > Relationships
Friendship Circles and Peer Buddy Programs for Autism
...recess or lunchtime can be overwhelming, and the unspoken rules of peer interaction are often genuinely opaque. Structured peer programs offer something different:...forced conversation. Friendship Circle programs typically operate through community organizations or schools. Volunteers, most often middle or high school...