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Kansas Won Federal Approval for 500 Disability Waiver Slots That Open October 1
...Medicare and Medicaid Services had approved a second...and community based services waiver, approved...round-the-clock support. Services carry an annual cap...does not cover day services or residential services....services or residential services. Those remain on...have an intellectual disability that began before...or a developmental disability...
News > Advocacy
Oregon Is Weighing Cuts to Physical Therapy, Prosthetics, and Autism Care for Medicaid Members
...seating evaluation, or an ABA program, those services now appear by name on a state document about where...finished its work and handed her a list, and the services disability families depend on are on it. What...work and handed her a list, and the services disability families depend on are on it. What the Advisory...
Global Insights > Advocacy
How to Document Your Disability for IEP Advocacy Without Oversharing
...isn't whether your child's disability is real enough to justify...establish eligibility and design services, and it's narrower than a...your child has a qualifying disability, and that the disability...disability, and that the disability affects their access to education...specialized instruction or related services. That's it. A comprehensive...
News > Advocacy
Federal Data That Tracks How Schools Serve Students With Disabilities Is Six Months Overdue. Here's What Parents Should Know.
Federal data on school discipline and disability services is six months overdue. Here's what parents can do while it's missing.
News > Advocacy
Medicaid Work Rules Are Forcing States to Rebuild Their Systems. Here's What Disability Families Should Know Before Coverage Terminations Begin.
The June 1 regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services were supposed to give states the clarity they needed. Instead, health policy...pressure but maintain the January 2027 deadline stands. What This Means for Disability Families....
News > Advocacy
Minnesota Just Disenrolled 61% of Its Medicaid Disability Providers. Other States Are Running the Same Audit. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
Minnesota's Department of Human Services completed a court-ordered Medicaid...The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ordered all 50 states to run...ABA therapy providers, adult day services, mental health programs, and Integrated...got the green light. Five were cut. Disability advocates worry many legitimate providers...
News > Advocacy
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
...collect and share disability data, create a...Council to continue advocacy work across the...for autism and disability data from states,...different aspects of disability rights and services...disability rights and services in Pennsylvania....new limits on disability data collection....database using state disability records. Executive...creating a formal advocacy channel that didn't...
News > Advocacy
The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...support programs, disability research, and...for navigation services, home and community-based...community-based support, and advocacy infrastructure....regardless of age or disability, should be able...The agency funds services provided primarily...families navigate disability services, access...navigate disability services, access assistive...National Institute on Disability, Independent Living,...
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The DOJ May Delay the ADA's Web Accessibility Deadline. Here's What Disability Families Need to Know.
...request forms, transportation services, voter registration, and...emergency information: digital services families with disabled children...less costly," according to Disability Scoop's April 14 report....for Mental Health Law, told Disability Scoop the timing and procedural...websites are where you apply for disability benefits, request school...
Education > Higher Education
Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills for College: A Transition Checklist
...replaces it is self-advocacy. And here's what...schools provide self-advocacy instruction in...in transition services, but most students...explained their disability to a professor,...news is that self-advocacy is a skill, not...leaves home. Self-Advocacy Is Procedural Knowledge....parents treat self-advocacy as something you...register with the Disability Resource Center,...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...require different kinds of advocacy from you. Choosing the...your child without the services they need. Here's what...works. IDEA covers 13 disability categories, including...criteria: a covered disability exists, and it adversely...instruction, related services like speech therapy or...(FAPE), meaning the services must...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate: Age-by-Age Strategies from Elementary Through High School
Self-advocacy doesn't start at...navigating college disability services or workplace...college disability services or workplace accommodations,...start teaching self-advocacy. The answer is earlier...transition from parent advocacy to self-advocacy...advocacy to self-advocacy isn't a single handoff....At this age, self-advocacy means understanding...