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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Autistic burnout in adulthood (not a buzzword) Autistic burnout is not tiredness with a trendier name. It is a specific, documented state of exhaustion, skill loss, and reduced tolerance triggered...
Balancing safety and autonomy: reasonable risk for autistic adults Every skill your family member has ever learned came with some risk attached. Cooking risks burns. Community access risks getting lost....
