Special education funding reform and the MI Blueprint School funding sounds like someone else’s fight once your child ages out. It isn’t. Every dollar Michigan fails to invest in special...
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...
Long Term Care Ombudsman for Adult Foster Care (AFC) residents An adult in AFC has an independent advocate whose entire job is investigating exactly the complaints families are afraid to...
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...
Project SEARCH and other Michigan employment pathways A year spent training entirely inside a real workplace, not a classroom simulation, changes what employers see and what students believe about themselves....
Intentional communities (LINCs, ICW) and alternatives to group homes Group homes run on facility schedules, not individual ones. A small number of Michigan communities flipped that arrangement, giving adults their...
MI-CARE Clinic and other IDD-affirming care models Fifteen-minute appointments and rushed exam rooms fail autistic adults in specific, predictable ways. A handful of Michigan clinics built something different. Most families...
The ‘Age 26 rule’ for extended transition services Most states cut special education off at 22. Michigan doesn’t, if your family member has a cognitive impairment eligibility and was already...
MiABLE accounts and Michigan-specific tax benefits Every dollar saved for your adult child’s future used to threaten the $2,000 SSI asset limit. MiABLE changed that math, and Michigan added a...
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...
