Building a paper trail that actually matters Not every piece of paper protects you. A notebook full of feelings does not win an appeal. Four specific documents do: the incident...
Building evidence that gets services approved: photograph, video, write it down Five kinds of evidence decide most waiver and service disputes, and four of them you have to create yourself....
Building natural supports and community inclusion Seventy percent of autistic adults report loneliness. The intervention is not another program. It is two named community members who know his story and...
Can Michigan pay you to care for your adult child? A step-by-step guide to Home Help Yes, once they turn eighteen. Michigan’s Home Help program is a Medicaid State Plan...
Caregiver burnout vs exhaustion: self-assessment and action plan Exhaustion is what a night of sleep and a real meal can fix. Burnout is when a week of sleep and a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
