intellectual-disabilities

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My twin daughters live with intellectual disabilities. We need help now | Opinion

BY: - June 22, 2023

When will we get equal consideration for funding? When will my daughters be important enough?

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Direct service providers rally for more money in the 2022-23 state budget at the Pennsylvania state Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

A mom of children with intellectual disabilities asks: When will it be our turn? | Opinion

BY: - May 31, 2023

People with intellectual disabilities and autism -- and their families -- desperately need help now.

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Direct service providers rally for more money in the 2022-23 state budget at the Pennsylvania state Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

We have children living with intellectual disabilities. We’re at the end of our ropes | Opinion

BY: - April 30, 2023

Gov. Josh Shapiro, lawmakers need to address the crisis of direct support professionals, who are a lifeline for families.

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Direct service providers rally for more money in the 2022-23 state budget at the Pennsylvania state Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

Pa.’s intellectual disability community will not be left out of 2023’s budget debate | Opinion

BY: - March 29, 2023

These are our neighbors and our family members. This is my brother. We must act on their behalf right now.

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Direct service providers rally for more money in the 2022-23 state budget at the Pennsylvania state Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

We’re in the budget home stretch; do the right thing for disability workers | Opinion

BY: - June 21, 2022

We can't miss this chance to raise wages for workers and to stabilize funding for critical programs.

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Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents are at risk. Only lawmakers can fix it | Opinion

BY: - May 23, 2022

The plight of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents and their families must be a top priority this budget season.

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We work with people with intellectual disabilities. Pa. needs to step up for us now | Opinion

BY: - May 20, 2022

We have asked for help for decades. Legislators have the opportunity now to fund our jobs adequately.

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If not now, when will Pa. fully fund its intellectual disability system? | Opinion

BY: - February 10, 2022

The system is crumbling before our eyes. Gov. Wolf's budget falls short of addressing the crisis.

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Poll: Disability service industry cut services in face of staffing shortage | Friday Morning Coffee

BY: - January 14, 2022

The industry says it has spent months pleading for help from the Wolf administration.

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Investments in human services industries are an investment in our future | Opinion

BY: - January 11, 2022

The caring people who do this important work have been undervalued too long. That has to stop.

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Gov. Tom Wolf has failed to address the collapse of Pa.’s intellectual disability system

BY: - December 16, 2021

With billions of dollars in stimulus money at their disposal, Wolf, General Assembly must act now.