family-stories
The current bipartisan deal sets spending caps on essential and already underfunded programs, including Medicaid and education for kids with disabilities, that impact millions of Americans – including our Little Lobbyists families. As the budget process moves forward, here’s what’s at stake for Grace Dow: I am a writer
family-advocacy
Tell Congress people with disabilities shouldn’t be forced to pay the U.S. debt! The current bipartisan deal sets spending caps on essential and already underfunded programs, including Medicaid and education for kids with disabilities, that impact millions of Americans – including our Little Lobbyists families. I just turned 23.
family-advocacy
Tell Congress kids with disabilities shouldn’t be forced to pay the U.S. debt! The current bipartisan deal sets spending caps on essential and already underfunded programs, including Medicaid and education for kids with disabilities, that impact millions of Americans – including our Little Lobbyists families. Ethan is 14 years
Tell Congress kids with disabilities shouldn’t be forced to pay the U.S. debt! In exchange for raising the debt ceiling, Republican leaders are demanding extreme cuts to essential programs, including Medicaid and education for kids with disabilities, that impact millions of Americans – including our Little Lobbyists families. Thomas
medicaid
Tell Congress kids with disabilities shouldn’t be forced to pay the U.S. debt! In exchange for raising the debt ceiling, Republican leaders are demanding extreme cuts to essential programs, including Medicaid and education for kids with disabilities, that impact millions of Americans – including our Little Lobbyists families. Miles
family-stories
On Monday, April 10, some of our Little Lobbyists families were invited to attend the first-ever disability-friendly Easter Egg Roll! We are grateful to the White House, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and the White House Office of Public Engagement, especially Senior Advisor Anna Perng (a fellow member of the
reflections
This week, the disability community lost a great light. Judy Heumann has been called the mother of the disability rights movement, and her life reflected that. She was kind, warm, encouraging to Little Lobbyists families, and, especially to our children. Her own family, as described in her memoir, Being Heumann:
pandemic
I can still remember our family’s first encounter with disaster preparedness–or lack thereof–it was the day of 9/11, 2001, and my son Rob was four years old. My husband and I had waved him off to preschool on that beautiful, bright blue morning at our home
better-care-better-jobs-act
Like most kids, our children love to dream about what they will do and where they will live when they grow up. But for our kids – who use wheelchairs and walkers to get around, tracheostomies to breathe, feeding tubes to eat, and assistive devices to communicate – being able to survive
Families like ours are nothing if not prepared. As a mom and caregiver to my Little Lobbyists, Emma and Sara Bean, I have plans on top of plans. Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) are a lifesaving requirement for our homes and our schools. Our families have checklists, “go bags” and contingencies.
hcbs
On June 22, 1999, when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark disability rights decision in the case of Olmstead vs. L.C. & E.W., my family was at the beginning of our own disability rights journey. My son Rob had just turned two, and we were struggling
capitol-hill
On December 14, 2022, a ceremony was held at the U.S. Capitol to honor Nancy Pelosi, who is the first woman Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and who has twice been elected to that office. The occasion was the unveiling of her official portrait as Speaker,