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Opinion: ‘The State Is Failing Me’ — A Call for CDPAP Protections

My name is Flip Polizzi Rivera and I want to share my story. Not for sympathy, but because people need to understand what independence truly means for someone like me. I was born with cerebral palsy. My arms and legs don’t work the way most people’s bodies do. I use technology to communicate, a motorized […]

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NEWS ROUNDUP

State workers asked to volunteer to assist with CDPAP transition (Times Union)

Fraudster-Linked Company Set to Begin Massive Insurance Contract for Home Health Workers (NYS Focus)

Questions loom as New York state gives 30-day grace period for Medicaid home care transition (Spectrum News)

Sensory Room offers space to decompress at giant Palisades Center mall (lohud.com)

Texas Representative refers to Greg Abbott, who is disabled, as ‘Governor Hot Wheels’ (Washington Post)

Medicaid Cuts Could Cost States Billions in Tax Revenue and a Million Jobs (Governing.com)

Many People With Disabilities Risk Losing Their Medicaid if They Work Too Much (KFF)

New Survey Finds Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate School Staffing and Services (The 74 Million)

Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring (AP)

Vaccine critic’s apparent selection to head HHS autism study shocks experts (STAT)

Social Security backs off plan to cut phone services for disabled people (AP)

The ADA Is Turning 35—And It’s in Trump’s Crosshairs

Exec Order to Shut Down Dept. of Ed Will Have Devastating Impact on Students with Disabilities (Natl. Disability Rights Network)

Trump signs sweeping executive order attempting a major overhaul of American elections (NBC News)