Letter 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.
NCSA Letter to IACC: Stop Sanitizing Autism
The IACC was intended to encompass the representation of the entire population disabled by autism to tackle the serious national crisis engulfing our families and communities, but the unbalanced slate of membership of the committee has led to a highly distorted discussions about priorities for federal agency efforts.
#KickedOut: When Diaper and Toilet Issues Exclude Your Disabled Child from … Everything
“As Luke aged, this discrimination continued and became more apparent with each passing year. By the time he was 14, there wasn’t a single place I could find that would include him.”