intellectual-disabilities
My twin daughters live with intellectual disabilities. We need help now | Opinion
When will we get equal consideration for funding? When will my daughters be important enough?
A mom of children with intellectual disabilities asks: When will it be our turn? | Opinion
People with intellectual disabilities and autism -- and their families -- desperately need help now.
We have children living with intellectual disabilities. We’re at the end of our ropes | Opinion
Gov. Josh Shapiro, lawmakers need to address the crisis of direct support professionals, who are a lifeline for families.
Pa.’s intellectual disability community will not be left out of 2023’s budget debate | Opinion
These are our neighbors and our family members. This is my brother. We must act on their behalf right now.
We’re in the budget home stretch; do the right thing for disability workers | Opinion
We can't miss this chance to raise wages for workers and to stabilize funding for critical programs.
Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents are at risk. Only lawmakers can fix it | Opinion
The plight of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents and their families must be a top priority this budget season.
We work with people with intellectual disabilities. Pa. needs to step up for us now | Opinion
We have asked for help for decades. Legislators have the opportunity now to fund our jobs adequately.
If not now, when will Pa. fully fund its intellectual disability system? | Opinion
The system is crumbling before our eyes. Gov. Wolf's budget falls short of addressing the crisis.
Poll: Disability service industry cut services in face of staffing shortage | Friday Morning Coffee
The industry says it has spent months pleading for help from the Wolf administration.
We’re the Pa. moms of disabled kids. We have some questions for Gov. Wolf | Opinion
We are exhausted and we need your help.
Investments in human services industries are an investment in our future | Opinion
The caring people who do this important work have been undervalued too long. That has to stop.
Gov. Tom Wolf has failed to address the collapse of Pa.’s intellectual disability system
With billions of dollars in stimulus money at their disposal, Wolf, General Assembly must act now.