What Maine’s billion dollar hole teaches Michigan Community based support costs roughly a third of institutional care, generates more economic activity per dollar than most state spending, and is the...
The trillion dollar workforce nobody pays Fifty nine million Americans provide 49.5 billion hours of unpaid care each year. AARP values it at $1.01 trillion. That is more than every...
The Transition Crisis in Numbers: What the Data Actually Shows Roughly fifty thousand autistic young people turn 18 every year in the United States. The research tracking what happens to...
Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions: When It’s Not ‘Just Autism’ A clinician who attributes every symptom to autism isn’t being thorough. They’re skipping the exam. This single diagnostic habit causes more...
Evaluating Providers and Avoiding Snake Oil: A Skeptic’s Guide for Autism Families An entire industry of questionable providers targets families precisely because the legitimate service system is so inadequate. Knowing...
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...
Dental Care for Autistic Adults: The Crisis Nobody Talks About A toothache doesn’t announce itself politely in an adult who can’t easily say where it hurts. It shows up as...
When waiting lists act like policy tools A waiting list is not a queue that eventually empties. On an HCBS waiver, it is a rationing mechanism, sized by legislative appropriation,...
