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...
Crisis services and autism: 988, MiCAL, mobile crisis, EmPATH Michigan has more than one number to call in a crisis, and knowing which one to dial, and what to hand...
Michigan Rehabilitation Services: the employment resource nobody mentions Michigan Rehabilitation Services is federally mandated to provide free employment services to people with disabilities, autism included, starting years before graduation. Most...
The age-21 cliff when the Medicaid Autism Benefit ends Michigan’s Medicaid Autism Benefit does not send a warning letter before it ends. It simply stops on a birthday, and what...
Self-determination and self-directed budgets Hiring your own staff and controlling your own budget sounds like freedom, and it is, right up until you realize you’ve become an unlicensed small employer....
Community Living Supports: how to request more hours The hours you get are driven by the words in your documentation, not by how tired you sound on the phone. Here...
HSW renewals and changes: what to watch for The waiver funding your family’s services gets renewed and amended on a schedule most families never learn exists, through a public comment...
Michigan’s Habilitation Supports Waiver, step by step The HSW is the funding source behind most adult autism services in Michigan, and almost nobody explains it in order. Here is the...
CMH basics and being your own best case manager Your case manager is not your enemy, and they are not your only path forward either. Once you know who actually...
Michigan’s PIHP maze Why the county line you live on decides whether your autistic adult gets day programming, crisis support, and respite, or waits years for any of it. By...
