A young woman is suffering in a group home. Her mother makes an appeal to Kentuckians who have adult loved ones with severe and profound autism.
Read moreLetter Addresses Discrimination Against the Severely Disabled in Federal I/DD Committee
Letter by Dawn Kovacovich to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) points out the committee’s discrimination against those with the most severe cognitive disabilities.
Read moreWhen Profound Autism Falls Off the Cliff into the Abyss
“While everyone “celebrates” autism, no one is coming up with desperately needed solutions for the adults who are most severely affected.” By Alicia Mesa
Read morePlease respond to urgent need for evidence-based services for adults with ASD
“For those of us in the trenches, living with and supporting an adult with severe autism, [lack of services] is an issue of how to stave off the suffering and misery that lie in his future when we can no longer protect him.”
Read moreThe law must allow relatives to open group homes for the severely autistic
Public comment to the IACC: “This system breaks families apart.”
“Now that they are men with the intellect of young children, they need adequate housing and support, beyond our home.” But “there is a severe shortage of Res Hab homes for the profound population.”
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