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We advocate for people with disabilities who wish to take charge of their lives through self-direction and the people and organizations that support them.

Joined August 2017
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To everyone who has donated to, shared, or invited friends to our #GivingTuesday campaign, thank you so much for supporting the Alliance for Citizen Directed Supports! Whether you have donated or shared our posts, we appreciate you and your commitment to #DisabilityRights.
Today is #GivingTuesday! Read more about our goals for 2022 and why we give. tinyurl.com/alliancegivingtu… Already donated? Reply to this tweet with your #Unselfie!
Wishing a #HappyHanukkah to all of our friends and members who celebrate!
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November is #EpilepsyAwarenessMonth. Sign up for these upcoming webinars from @EpilepsyFdn to learn more about Seizure First Aid. Available in English with select webinars in Spanish. ow.ly/NwmI50GQtkp
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On September 26, 1973, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was officially signed into law, including Section 504. This legislation was the culmination of the work of numerous disability rights activists, including @judithheumann, Bradley Lomax, and Kitty Cone.
We believe people with #disabilities have a right to live in and participate in communities. Read our response to @davidaxelrod’s recent @nytimes article entitled “When it comes to people like my daughter, one size does not fit all.” tinyurl.com/e26h6xc7
We are seeking stories about #SelfDirection from our Hispanic members to be featured in our September update. Message us if interested! #HispanicHeritageMonth
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This will help bring self-direction to so many more people.
The Senate just passed a $3.5 budget resolution. That’s the framework, we expect the reconciliation bill text post recess. It must include $400 billion for #Medicaid #HCBS, paid leave, and child care. This is a unique moment in history, the time is now because #CareCantWait
Academic Privilege - Is the Public Education System Destroying NeuroDivergent People? neurodivergentrebel.com/2021… by @NeuroRebel
As a poet, I get to engage in and comment on culture creatively & uncover aspects for other people to see. I do a similar task as an anthropologist but in an academic frame where I put a lens on disability culture that can b explained more vividly to the wider public -@kut2smooth
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"You can stare at me all you want. No cop will bust in my head and carry me away to an institution. .... Whatever you do, my roots are rigid like a hundred year old tree. I will stay right here to glare at your ugly face too." -Lateef @kut2smooth, from "Too Pretty for Ugly Laws"
""We need to give the vaccine to disabled people who have care support come to their house every day. That’s why I work with Disability Justice League: Bay Area" -Lateef McLeod #DisabilityJustice webinar
We are streaming our meet-and-greet with board member Lateef McLeod now: fb.watch/3WoMuGvJtS/ @kut2smooth #DisabilityJustice #BlackCripWisdom
Don't miss our webinar at 3pm ET today with Lateef McLeod! Lateef has utilized self-direction to pursue a career as a poet, performer, and scholar. He is an advocate for Augmentative and Alternative communication, and one of our board members: citizendirectedsupports.org/… @kut2smooth
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This Saturday at 3pm ET, learn about how Lateef McLeod has utilized self-direction to pursue a successful career as a poet, performer, and scholar. Lateef is an advocate for Augmentative and Alternative communication (#AAC), and on of our board members: citizendirectedsupports.org/…
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Lateef is @kut2smooth and lateefhmcleod.com [Above Image: Lateef McLeod, Black disabled man using power wheelchair outside on a wood panel floor with a forest behind him. Text reads Self-Direction Meet-n-Greet with Lateef McLeod Saturday Feb 27 3pm ET]
DJ Savarese is an Author, Artful Activist and Public Speaker, working to make self-determined lives a reality for nontraditionally speaking and autistic people. Watch him speak during the Crip Reckoning #ADA30 panel on #disabilityrights (start 1:02:00): youtube.com/watch?v=lebmxzcZ…
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Access resources related to the event which center disabled voices and perspectives working towards equity, intersectionality, and culture: bbi.syr.edu/projects/oipo/ad… #CripReckoning
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"Deej" is an award-winning documentary about autistic self-advocate DJ Savarese attending Oberlin College. We're screening @DeejMovie on March 13 at 3pm ET, including a Q&A with DJ Savarese. The event is a fundraiser to advance self-direction. Tickets: citizendirectedsupports.org/…
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Please join our board member Lateef McLeod on Saturday, Feb 27 at 3pm ET for a webinar plus Q&A. Lateef is a scholar, poet, writer, and advocate. Join us to learn about his work, and his experiences self-directing his supports. Register: citizendirectedsupports.org/… @kut2smooth
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"For me, adding to the ADA is not just about changing or improving the law. It’s about changing the lens which people see us through" -DJ Savarese, Alliance Board Member Quote from tonight's "A Crip Reckoning: Reflections on the ADA@30" panel #CripReckoning #ADA30
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Tomorrow at 430pm PT, check out "A Crip Reckoning: Reflections on the ADA@30" Featuring panelists: LeDerick Horne @LEDERICK Naomi Ortiz @thinkfreestyle Pratik Patel @ppatel DJ Savarese @DeejMovie Alice Wong @DisVisibility syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/w… #DisabilityJustice #CripTheVote
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