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Healthcare Self-Advocacy Tools for Women of Color with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities.
Healthcare Self-Advocacy Tools Everyone should get good healthcare and be treated with respect. But Women of Color with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) can face barriers when getting healthcare. These…
Read MoreThe “Profound Autism” Label Hurts Autistic People
ASAN’s new toolkit tackles “profound autism,” the newest functioning label. Functioning labels try to sort autistic people into types, like “high” or “low functioning.” They don’t help us get what…
Read MoreYour Sexual Health Toolkit
Your Sexual Health Toolkit is a website Who is this website for? This toolkit was created especially for teens and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Why? Because they…
Read MoreBeyond Coercion and Institutionalization: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Need for Improved Behavior Support Services
The toolkit talks about things like: What are “behavior supports”? What problems are there with how behavior support services happen now? What changes could make behavior support services better? What…
Read MoreMedicaid 1115 Waiver Advocacy Toolkit
This toolkit is about advocating for Medicaid. Medicaid is a health care program in the United States. Medicaid helps people pay for health care. Every state has a Medicaid program. States cannot…
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