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The ADA: Why These Protections Exist, and Why Weakening Them Puts People at Risk

Disability Rights · 2026 The ADA at 36: A Law Worth Defending Since 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act has...

Meal Preparation and Meal Clean-Up: The Two IHSS Services Parents Get Wrong Most Often

IHSS isn’t one open-ended benefit — it’s a defined list of services, each with its own regulatory definition and its...

Renewing the Medical Waiver Through Your Regional Center

Start here Two renewals happen every year. Only one of them needs you. Automatic — no action Waiver level-of-care recertification...

The Blue Envelope Program: A Simple Tool for Safer Police Interactions

For many people with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or hearing loss, an ordinary traffic stop can become overwhelming fast....

If You Get SSI in California, You Can Probably Get CalFresh Too

For 45 years, California barred people receiving SSI from getting food stamps — and by the end, it was the...

You’re Now Your Mother’s Employee. Here’s What That Actually Means.

When your mother was approved for In-Home Supportive Services and you signed up to be her provider, California created an...

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