Through advocacy, programs that promote inclusion, and engaging the community, The Arc creates tangible changes in the community and in the lives of people with disabilities.

Our state is a global leader in health care innovation, and it is time our policies reflected that promise for all of our residents.

Tell Congress to protect special education! [@campaign]

This is not just a cut. It is a direct assault on the fundamental, legally guaranteed right of every child with a disability to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

Washington, DC update: What today’s federal shutdown means for Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP/WIC, ACA Marketplace, HHS operations, and civil rights.

Through advocacy, programs that promote inclusion, and engaging the community, The Arc creates tangible changes in the community and in the lives of people with disabilities.

Parents fear that progress toward inclusion is under threat as political leaders call autism a “crisis.”

Research into the causes of autism and the support needs of people with autism must be grounded in credible science, transparent data, and the lived experiences of autistic people. Public health only advances when clinicians, researchers, and impacted communities come together and follow peer-reviewed evidence. Anything less spreads confusion, deepens stigma, and diverts attention from what individuals and their families truly need.

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 24, 2025  Organizational Contacts: AAPD: Jess Davidson, [email protected]; 202-465-5528 AUCD: Lillie Heigl, [email protected] The Arc: [email protected] ASAN: [email protected] Autism Society: [email protected]  Click here for a plain language version WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, September 22, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced […]

My family’s journey has shown me that the gray area of raising children with autism is not a place of division but of shared purpose.

Through advocacy, programs that promote inclusion, and engaging the community, The Arc creates tangible changes in the community and in the lives of people with disabilities.

Through advocacy, programs that promote inclusion, and engaging the community, The Arc creates tangible changes in the community and in the lives of people with disabilities.