Congress is considering cutting Medicaid by $880 billion. There’s no way to do that without taking away critical health care and services from people with disabilities.
The truth is simple: Cutting Medicaid will hurt millions of children and adults.
Slashing funding at this scale will lead to fewer services, fewer caregivers, and fewer life-sustaining services. Some may lose eligibility altogether!
Medicaid is already the most cost-efficient health insurance program, with safeguards in place to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.These dangerous cuts must be stopped. Contact your members of Congress today and urge them to protect Medicaid.
Medicaid is on the line
Millions of people with disabilities rely on Medicaid for health care and for the support they need to live in their communities. If Medicaid cuts happen, access to these vital services could be lost.
Tell Congress that people with disabilities need Medicaid to thrive, and real lives will be affected if there are cuts.
We need your help to make sure your members of Congress know what’s at stake for people with disabilities.
Send a message now and tell them why Medicaid must be protected. It takes just a few minutes, but it can make a huge difference.
Did you miss our Medicaid webinar?
Watch the recording now to learn more about the growing concern of potential cuts to Medicaid, including what you can do to help protect it. We share tools, resources, and strategies to help you advocate effectively for this vital program.
Sexuality Education Shorts: Are You in a Healthy Relationship?
Sexuality Education Shorts offer accessible and inclusive information for both Parents and Self-Advocates on healthy bodies and relationships in under 10 minutes.
When we are dating and looking for a romantic relationship it’s important to know what a healthy relationship looks like and what an unhealthy or abusive relationship looks like. This can be hard to do when you are with someone you care about. You might love and support one another, share common interests, and spend a lot of time together, but it’s important to know when your relationship might become abusive so you can protect yourself and get help.
También puedes ver esta presentación en español.
[Read more…] about Sexuality Education Shorts: Are You in a Healthy Relationship?Cortos de Educación Sexual: ¿Está usted en una relación sana?
Los cortos educativos sobre sexualidad ofrecen información accesible e inclusiva para padres y autogestores sobre cuerpos y relaciones saludables en menos de 10 minutos.
Identidad y expresión de género ayuda a explicar qué es el género y cómo podemos expresar cómo nos sentimos por dentro. Hablaremos sobre cómo el género es diferente del sexo y la sexualidad, las diferentes identidades de género entre las que puede elegir y cómo los pronombres nos ayudan a compartir quiénes somos.
You can also view this presentation in English.
[Read more…] about Cortos de Educación Sexual: ¿Está usted en una relación sana?AdvocacyDenver History Part XII
You have to know where you have been in order to know where you are going.
Know All Men By These Presents: That we the undersigned citizens of the United States, have associated ourselves for the purpose of forming a body corporate and politic, not for pecuniary profit, under the provisions of Article 13, Chapter 41 1935 Colorado Statutes Annotated, as amended by Chapter 124, 1951 Session Laws, and we hereby make, execute and acknowledge this certificate in writing of our intentions to become a body corporate and politic and by virtue of said statute.
[Read more…] about AdvocacyDenver History Part XIISupport AdvocacyDenver during Colorado Gives 2024
ADVOCACYDENVER was established May 12, 1954, by parents to address the lack of access for children with disabilities to public education and in-home supports. We were one of the first Arc Chapters in the country. As we prepared to celebrate our 70th anniversary, we looked back at the writings of our founding families.
[Read more…] about Support AdvocacyDenver during Colorado Gives 2024AdvocacyDenver History Part XI
You have to know where you have been in order to know where you are going.
What do The Denver Board, Denver Options and Rocky Mountain Human Services have in common? How about a center board, community centered board and case management agency? The Denver Board was the center board for Denver. Denver Options and Rocky Mountain Human Services served as the community centered board for Denver. Over the course of some 60 years, each provided case management and services to individuals with intellectual disabilities. With the roll out of conflict free case management, Rocky Mountain Human Services became the Case Management Agency for Denver and Adams County (2024).
[Read more…] about AdvocacyDenver History Part XIAdvocacyDenver History Part X
You have to know where you have been in order to know where you are going.
ADVOCACYDENVER was established May 12, 1954, by parents to address the lack of access for children with disabilities to public education and in-home supports. It is important to remember in 1954, 1964, 1974 and even into the 80’s parents of children with intellectual disabilities were encouraged to institutionalize their child. This article pays tribute to the parents before us; the parents who refused to institutionalize their child, the pioneers of inclusion.
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You have to know where you have been in order to know where you are going.
In January, we provided Part I of the history of AdvocacyDenver. We were established May 12, 1954, by parents to address the lack of access for children with disabilities to public education and in-home support. Advocacy is the foundation of our agency. Individual advocacy is important, but real change, systemic change is the result of policy advocacy.
[Read more…] about AdvocacyDenver History Part IXAdvocacyDenver History Part VIII
You have to know where you have been in order to know where you are going.
I am the parent of a child who was identified as having a disability shortly after birth. I remember carefully preparing a list of behaviors I would model or avoid as a parent and the topics I felt I could comfortably discuss:
- I will verbally express my unconditional love for my child.
- I will never spank.
- I am human and make mistakes — I can and will apologize to my child when I am at fault.
- We are sexual human beings — I will be prepared to anticipate and answer my child’s questions in relation to physical development, and sexuality.
Along with the promise to answer questions in relation to physical development and sexuality, I understood it was important to teach boundaries. Boundaries included who in your circle do you give or receive a hug, when and where can you masturbate, attire when answering the door, etc.
[Read more…] about AdvocacyDenver History Part VIII