HSW renewals and changes: what to watch for The waiver funding your family’s services gets renewed and amended on a schedule most families never learn exists, through a public comment...
Michigan’s Habilitation Supports Waiver, step by step The HSW is the funding source behind most adult autism services in Michigan, and almost nobody explains it in order. Here is the...
CMH basics and being your own best case manager Your case manager is not your enemy, and they are not your only path forward either. Once you know who actually...
Michigan’s PIHP maze Why the county line you live on decides whether your autistic adult gets day programming, crisis support, and respite, or waits years for any of it. By...
Isolation as disability discrimination Years alone at home with no day program, no transportation, and no plan is not simply a gap in services. Under federal law, unnecessary segregation of...
Appealing denials without losing what you still have A denial notice has a clock hidden inside it. Miss it and you lose the service while you fight. Catch it and...
When your adult regresses after losing services A cut service does not just leave a gap in a schedule. For many adults, it shows up weeks later as lost words,...
How caregivers become unpaid DSPs Nobody hands you a job offer. The direct support shift just goes uncovered long enough that you pick it up yourself, and then it never...
Safety risks of idle time for severe autism Self-injury, aggression, and elopement rarely arrive without warning. For many adults with significant support needs, they follow boredom the way smoke follows...
Transportation collapse as a hidden barrier A missed ride never shows up as its own line item anywhere. It shows up as a missed medical appointment, a lost shift, a...
