MI-CARE Clinic and other IDD-affirming care models Fifteen-minute appointments and rushed exam rooms fail autistic adults in specific, predictable ways. A handful of Michigan clinics built something different. Most families...
The ‘Age 26 rule’ for extended transition services Most states cut special education off at 22. Michigan doesn’t, if your family member has a cognitive impairment eligibility and was already...
MiABLE accounts and Michigan-specific tax benefits Every dollar saved for your adult child’s future used to threaten the $2,000 SSI asset limit. MiABLE changed that math, and Michigan added a...
Your rights under the Michigan Mental Health Code A psychiatric crisis strips away the illusion that you’re in control of anything. The Mental Health Code says you and your family...
When CMH says there are no crisis residential beds “No beds” is one of the most frightening sentences a family can hear during an active crisis. It is also, more...
Crisis services and autism: 988, MiCAL, mobile crisis, EmPATH Michigan has more than one number to call in a crisis, and knowing which one to dial, and what to hand...
Michigan Rehabilitation Services: the employment resource nobody mentions Michigan Rehabilitation Services is federally mandated to provide free employment services to people with disabilities, autism included, starting years before graduation. Most...
The age-21 cliff when the Medicaid Autism Benefit ends Michigan’s Medicaid Autism Benefit does not send a warning letter before it ends. It simply stops on a birthday, and what...
Self-determination and self-directed budgets Hiring your own staff and controlling your own budget sounds like freedom, and it is, right up until you realize you’ve become an unlicensed small employer....
Community Living Supports: how to request more hours The hours you get are driven by the words in your documentation, not by how tired you sound on the phone. Here...
