Ten ABA agencies refused to serve my son: when the system isn’t built for severe autism A mother in California counted the refusals. Ten agencies, each saying they lacked qualified...
The Waskul settlement changed Michigan self-determination. Are you using your new rights? A federal court set a floor under Community Living Supports budgets, gave administrative law judges the power to...
What $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts means for your family Home and community based services are optional under federal Medicaid law. Nursing facilities are not. When federal money contracts, states...
The Michigan 5-Step Transition Survival Guide Five specific steps, in order, for a Michigan family navigating the years around their autistic child’s eighteenth birthday. No single one of these is...
The Michigan Advocacy Toolkit: 7 Free Resources Every Family Should Know Seven free, real, currently active tools and organizations, each doing something specific a Michigan family can put to use...
Self-direction as a survival strategy: when you can’t find a worker, become the employer Every state and the District of Columbia now offer some form of consumer-directed personal care. In...
Your rights under the Michigan Mental Health Code A psychiatric crisis strips away the illusion that you’re in control of anything. The Mental Health Code says you and your family...
Understanding service deserts and waitlist delays Some Michigan counties simply don’t have the service you need, at any price, on any waitlist. That’s not a failure of your advocacy. It’s...
When CMH says there are no crisis residential beds “No beds” is one of the most frightening sentences a family can hear during an active crisis. It is also, more...
Therapy and peer groups near you (including neurodiversity-affirming groups) Isolation is one of the quietest crises in adult autism services, and it hits differently depending on your zip code. Metro...
