Saved ALTCS Roughly $67,000 And Counting In Diapers? An Open Letter To Governor Hobbs and the Arizona State Legislature

This evening as I was eating my dinner, I received a text from my sister asking if I’d seen the e-mail yet from DDD. I quickly scanned it, and saw that Governor Hobbs is calling for AHCCCS to go through emergency rule making to reevaluate the new assessment tool and provide a process for those

Mourning The Near Total Destruction of AZ DDD Habilitation

If this were an episode of something more titillating to view or read, the kind with rapt viewers eagerly awaiting a happy or scintillating ending, perhaps I might start this post with something like “dearest reader…” But no. This isn’t that kind of escapist retreat, nor can I predict a happy ending. A week ago

When Mast Cells Get Grumpy & Other Updates

Yeah, that’s my stomach, and my fit bit. Photos by Ari and Ms. S That’s a shot of my skin with 2 Allegra, 100 mg of hydroxyzine, and prednisone in my system…and the hives still weren’t controlled or gone. Didn’t start getting better until 4 days into the prednisone. Most of my body looked like

Autism In The Community: When RFK Jr Talks His Way Into Autism Awareness Month, This Is What I Think You Should Know

Perhaps you’ve heard something about RFK Jr’s comments about autism recently, or you listened to it. Or you saw his follow up comments to Fox News that were posted on his Instagram. Hot off of paying our taxes all by myself as I have for more than 2 decades, deciding whether or not to file

Two And Beyond

You may be thinking that title doesn’t make much sense. Some things in life just don’t make sense, not to me, not to you. Or maybe something that seems sensible to you won’t seem that way to me or vice versa. Our republican state legislators this week proposed future DDD funding measures in HB 2945

April Gratitude & Some Reading And Viewing

To Tony My sweet Tony, I know impulse control is something you have to fight to improve every day. For you to remember without mistakes the kind of things you couldn’t do around me when I was recovering was a feat that many might not recognize, but I do. I know you don’t speak often

Arizona Legislators: Are You Pro-Life?

Many legislators in our state proudly tout their pro-life support. This week, as letters were being read about the lives of disabled community members during a legislative session, some of our legislators walked out without listening, ultimately blocking a bill from being passed that would have resolved budget shortfalls to disability services in this state.

“Put Out?” No.

Just a change in app functionality can show a different picture. What my son’s letter tracing looks like for words without the app correcting the lines for him as he seeks to improve his motor planning and fine motor skills. Photos by Ariana Our son has now been without PT or OT services for two

Mismanagement Probably Not: A Second Open Letter Regarding Arizona DDD/ALTCS Funding Shortages

To our Arizona State Legislature and Governor Hobbs: I have read that some in our legislature have blamed the governor for mismanagement of DDD funds. And to Representative David Livingston and all of the other esteemed members of our state’s appropriations committee, I would like to propose considering that another explanation is quite possible to

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