NCSA Letter to the Kentucky General Assembly: Support SB 30 — Video Monitoring in Group Homes for People with Severe Disabilities (January 2025)
NCSA Executive Director Jackie Kancir's January 2025 letter to the Kentucky General Assembly urging support for SB 30, which would authorize guardian-approved video monitoring in group homes — documenting the legal, constitutional, and empirical case that cameras protect those who cannot protect themselves.
NCSA Oral Testimony to the IACC: Family Caregiving for Severe Autism — July 2024
NCSA Executive Director Jackie Kancir's July 2024 oral testimony to the IACC on family caregiving, delivered from the perspective of families living in constant crisis — and honoring NCSA co-founder Feda Almaliti, who died in a fire she could not escape because her son with severe autism could not be convinced to flee.
NCSA Opposition to Oregon HB 4088 — Criminalizing Disability Behaviors in Hospital Settings (February 2024)
NCSA Policy Director Jackie Kancir's February 2024 testimony opposing Oregon HB 4088, which would expose individuals with severe autism and IDD to felony assault charges for challenging behaviors during hospital care — arguing that criminalizing disability symptoms has no deterrent effect and that specialized units, not prosecution, are the answer.