NCSA Letter to ACL: Inclusion Must Mean Everyone — Autism Priorities for the Administration on Community Living (2025)
NCSA presents priorities for the Administration on Community Living, arguing that federal DD Act programs systematically exclude individuals with severe autism who cannot self-advocate — and calling for true inclusion that accounts for those with the highest support needs.
NCSA One-Pager: Retaining 14(c) Non-Competitive Employment for Severely Cognitively Disabled Adults — February 2024
NCSA's February 2024 one-pager argues that the 14(c) sub-minimum wage certificate program under the Fair Labor Standards Act provides critical employment, community connection, and purpose for individuals with severe cognitive disabilities who cannot compete in the open labor market.
NCSA Public Comment to the IACC: Proportional Representation for Profound Autism — September 2023
NCSA's September 2023 public comment to the IACC argues that despite nearly 30% of autistic children having profound autism, the IACC devotes a disproportionate share of its time to higher-functioning individuals — and requests that 30% of each meeting be dedicated to profound autism and another 30% to intellectual disability.
NCSA Public Comment to the IACC: Carve Out Specific Recommendations for Profound Autism — January 2022
NCSA's January 2022 public comment asks the IACC to explicitly carve out research recommendations for the profound autism population — a group exceeding one-third of all autism diagnoses that is systematically excluded from research yet requires the most intensive lifetime supports.
NCSA Letter Opposing the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act and Raise the Wage Act — July 2019
NCSA's July 2019 letter opposing both the TCEA and the Raise the Wage Act, arguing that eliminating the 14(c) sub-minimum wage program would strip adults with profound cognitive disabilities of their jobs, their programs, their earned income, and their right to meaningful community engagement.