Autism and the Criminal Justice System: When Your Adult Child Is a Suspect, Victim, or Witness Autistic adults are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, in every role that...
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...
Aging with Autism: What Happens in the 40s, 50s, and Beyond The first generation diagnosed with autism in childhood is now reaching middle age, and almost no one can tell...
Aging caregivers and the double-aging reality Both of you are aging. Only one of you has a plan. The Letter of Intent, the special needs trust, and the successor guardian...
Advocacy without burnout: pacing, paper trails, choosing battles The advocate who wins in year fifteen is not the advocate who fought hardest in year three. It is the one who...
Adult elopement and wandering: safety that respects autonomy When your autistic adult walks away, the goal is not a locked door. It is a layered plan that keeps them alive...
ABLE Accounts vs Special Needs Trusts (and the $2,000 SSI Asset Limit) Two saving instruments, one cliff. SSI’s $2,000 asset limit has not moved since 1989. ABLE accounts and SNTs...
AAC and Insurance: Getting Device Coverage The documentation that gets AAC devices funded, the medical necessity letter that does most of the work, the trial period that demonstrates use, and...
5 bills every Michigan disability family should know about in 2026 Four federal bills and one state budget fight. Each one has a bill number, a committee, and a person...
42 states have supported decision-making laws. Michigan still doesn’t. Twenty-four states and DC have a supported decision-making statute. Eighteen more require courts to consider it before appointing a guardian. Michigan...
