North Carolina discriminates against Hispanic and Latino children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). What are the critical steps needed to make the IDD system, services, and supports accessible and effective for the Hispanic and Latino population?
Carolina del Norte discrimina a niños y adultos hispanos y latinos con discapacidades intelectuales y del desarrollo (IDD). ¿Cuáles son los pasos críticos necesarios para hacer que el sistema IDD, los servicios y los apoyos sean accesibles y efectivos para la población hispana y latina?
We must take action now to stop sexual assault and domestic and caregiver violence against intellectually and developmentally disabled people.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans with IDD—intellectual and developmental disabilities—are not getting what they need to have decent, safe, and healthy lives in their communities.
Mental-health perfection, rather than variation, is mythical—as elusive as physical-health perfection—and maybe a little boring.
A trip to the White House for a Rose Garden event honoring professional care workers, family caregivers, and advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
We need to step up our support, recognition, and advocacy both for autistic and intellectually disabled people and for the caregivers—both support workers and caregivers—who love and care for them.
A new poem from Ray Hemachandra: “Those Who Remember”
What we lack most centrally in intellectual and developmental disability work and advocacy in North Carolina is the fierce urgency of now, to use and insist upon the meaning of the famous and essential phrase by Dr. King.
My son Nicholas is autistic, and he has echolalia. But what he says in repeated speech can carry as much meaning—and sometimes even more feeling—as the “right” words.
