Developmental Disability/Defending Democracy in Washington, DC

I confess  I’ve been very distracted by the unacceptable federal actions taking place recently in DC.  In case you’re interested, I’ve been ...

 I want to focus first on events that our local disability community has coming up: -     First, this Sunday night is Quality Trust's an...

I imagine most of you are following the headline news with respect to DC's FY2026 budget, but in case you aren't, here is Martin Aus...

In my last blog post I was encouraging folks to attend the June 16 hearing on the DDS budget.  That hearing has now taken place, and you ca...

The hearing on the DDS budget is next Monday, June 16, and from what I can tell only thirteen people have signed up, so there's plenty ...

Well, we now have the mayor's budget in hand, described here  by our friend Martin Austermuhle.  These are tough times and there's a...

The wheels keep turning, and the news continues to be...only not as bad as it could be. Based on this report , and in line with DDS director...

Tomorrow.  Friday, May 16.  That's when the House budget committee will be considering the steep cuts to Medicaid that were proposed by...

  I was proud to join advocates from DC and around the country yesterday for part of the 24-hour vigil for Medicaid , which is still going o...

Well, the celebrating over the past few days has been about Mayor Bowser's tentative deal with the Commanders to return to RFK Stadium (...