Given #BigDisCo's history of looking the other way at the issues impacting disabled people who are not HCBS enrollees, as well as the troubling trend of weaponizing the ADA against homeless people, can we expect anything other than a strongly-worded sign on letter from them in response to Trump's latest executive order?

Given #BigDisCo's history of looking the other way at the issues impacting disabled people who are not HCBS enrollees, as well as the troubling trend of weaponizing the ADA against homeless people, can we expect anything other than a strongly-worded sign on letter from them in response to Trump's latest executive order?

The ADA didn't protect Lois Curtis from experiencing institutionalization and neither did #FreeOurPeople. This post is about what did.

A new HCBS waiver was created last week- why isn't anyone talking about it?

As federal policies have rolled out under this current Administration, advocates have celebrated small victories in different federal district courts around the country, albeit prematurely, as the Supreme Court demonstrated late last week.

The title says it all. It's the focus of this week's blog, as well as our presentation at the Strategy & Solidarity 2025 Global Summit. Be sure to tune in this Wednesday, June 25 at 1pm Pacific- it's LIVE and FREE!

There will never be another George Floyd- but not because the oppressive system has been dismantled and police have stopped killing Black people...

After decades of intimately correlating #BigDisCo’s civil rights movement work to the ability of HCBS beneficiaries to employ their own direct LTC providers and live in the community, not an institution, the current, unmitigated SILENCE on the attack against immigrants on the part of ANY disability advocacy groups or leaders is curious for one significant reason...

The strongly worded letter approach to disability advocacy may reference you, but it's not for you.

Has anyone noticed that #BigDisCo has quietly removed the "A" they fought so hard to tack on to "DEI" during the Biden years?

Victor Perez should be celebrating Autism Acceptance Month. Instead, he's dead as the result of police violence.

Are more PWDs vulnerable to institutionalization or are more WHITE PWDs vulnerable to institutionalization? We unpack the distinction here.

ACL is dead. But, with the exception of Meals on Wheels, you likely have never heard of the majority, if not any, of its programs. Why?

On how the definition of violence is intentionally limited to allow for violence to occur without accountability.

Why are we OK with entities being financially dependent on others but condemn people who live in poverty?

The cost of excess bureaucracy in the US economy amounts to more that 3 trillion dollars- how does this negatively impact poverty programs?

Ultimately, the work you do with nonprofit organizations, including those within the #DisCo, should amplify your power, not usurp it...

Although DEI as a business avenue has financially benefitted whites over Black people, white people disappear when it's time to malign it...

Black and Brown people acquire disabilities that are recognized by the ADA as the result of being redlined into disaster areas...

It isn’t unusual for racially marginalized people to feel like they walk away from therapy sessions feeling exhausted from recounting...