The Arc of Massachusetts
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Enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through advocacy of community supports and services. #AchieveWithUs
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Welcome to The Arc of Massachusetts.
Enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism, and their families through advocacy for community supports and services that foster social inclusion, self-determination, and equity across all aspects of society.
Enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism, and their families through advocacy for community supports and services that foster social inclusion, self-determination, and equity across all aspects of society.
#12DaysofArcMass Day Ten: In October 2025, The Arc joined hundreds of advocates and the Massachusetts Make Hunger History Coalition at the State House to share stories, experiences, and perspectives on the detrimental effects of SNAP cuts.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#12DaysofArcMass Day Ten: In October 2025, The Arc joined hundreds of advocates and the Massachusetts Make Hunger History Coalition at the State House to share stories, experiences, and perspectives on the detrimental effects of SNAP cuts.
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
#12DaysofArcMass Day Nine: In September 2025, The Arc hosted a briefing at the State House on the vital importance of Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), featuring a panel of family and provider perspectives.
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#12DaysofArcMass Day Nine: In September 2025, The Arc hosted a briefing at the State House on the vital importance of Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), featuring a panel of family and provider perspectives.
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
#12DaysofArcMass Day Eight: In August 2025, The Arc's Operation House Call program taught a class of over 170 students at Harvard Medical School, reaching second year medical and dental students with stories of lived experiences.
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Support inclusive healthcare: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#12DaysofArcMass Day Eight: In August 2025, The Arc's Operation House Call program taught a class of over 170 students at Harvard Medical School, reaching second year medical and dental students with stories of lived experiences.
Support inclusive healthcare: thearcofmass.org/donate
Support inclusive healthcare: thearcofmass.org/donate
#12DaysofArcMass Day Seven: In July 2025, The Arc and 130 members of The Arc community joined over 1,000 advocates in the ADA35 Boston march and rally, championing the rights included in the ADA and the protection of Medicaid.
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#12DaysofArcMass Day Seven: In July 2025, The Arc and 130 members of The Arc community joined over 1,000 advocates in the ADA35 Boston march and rally, championing the rights included in the ADA and the protection of Medicaid.
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
#12DaysofArcMass Day Six: In June 2025, The Arc testified in support of key priority bills for our community, including the expansion of Nicky's Law/Dana's Law and the bill removing archaic language from state laws.
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#12DaysofArcMass Day Six: In June 2025, The Arc testified in support of key priority bills for our community, including the expansion of Nicky's Law/Dana's Law and the bill removing archaic language from state laws.
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
NEW: On Wednesday, December 17, The Arc's Maura Sullivan and Nora Bent were honored to stand alongside dozens of legislators and advocates as Governor Maura Healey signed legislation to finally make the records of former state institution patients public.
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The Arc Celebrates Signing of Institutional Records Access Law - The Arc of Massachusetts
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.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
NEW: On Wednesday, December 17, The Arc's Maura Sullivan and Nora Bent were honored to stand alongside dozens of legislators and advocates as Governor Maura Healey signed legislation to finally make the records of former state institution patients public.
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#12DaysofArcMass Day Five: In May 2025, The Arc hosted our 2025 Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, where we honored community champions and heard remarks from Governor Maura Healey and Senator Cindy Friedman.
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#12DaysofArcMass Day Five: In May 2025, The Arc hosted our 2025 Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, where we honored community champions and heard remarks from Governor Maura Healey and Senator Cindy Friedman.
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
LAST CALL: The Arc of Massachusetts will be closing donations to our food drive this Friday, December 19.
If you have anything to donate, stop by before 2:00PM on Friday.
Thank you to all who have donated so far!
If you have anything to donate, stop by before 2:00PM on Friday.
Thank you to all who have donated so far!
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
LAST CALL: The Arc of Massachusetts will be closing donations to our food drive this Friday, December 19.
If you have anything to donate, stop by before 2:00PM on Friday.
Thank you to all who have donated so far!
If you have anything to donate, stop by before 2:00PM on Friday.
Thank you to all who have donated so far!
#12DaysofArcMass Day Four: In April 2025, The Arc led the delegation of 70 advocates from Massachusetts as we attended the 2025 Disability Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C. - a gathering of over 900 advocates from across the country.
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#12DaysofArcMass Day Four: In April 2025, The Arc led the delegation of 70 advocates from Massachusetts as we attended the 2025 Disability Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C. - a gathering of over 900 advocates from across the country.
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
#12DaysofArcMass Day Three: In March 2025, a record turnout of over 600 advocates joined The Arc and MDDC at the State House for the 47th Annual Legislative Reception: "Safeguarding Our Rights through Advocacy."
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#12DaysofArcMass Day Three: In March 2025, a record turnout of over 600 advocates joined The Arc and MDDC at the State House for the 47th Annual Legislative Reception: "Safeguarding Our Rights through Advocacy."
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
Meet the December 2025 Operation House Call Family of the Month: The Ostrowsky Family!
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Operation House Call: December 2025 Family of the Month - The Ostrowsky Family - The Arc of Massachusetts
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.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Meet the December 2025 Operation House Call Family of the Month: The Ostrowsky Family!
https://thearcofmass.org/post/operation-house-call-december-2025-family-of-the-month-the-ostrowsky-family/
https://thearcofmass.org/post/operation-house-call-december-2025-family-of-the-month-the-ostrowsky-family/
Chag Sameach! Happy Hanukkah from The Arc of Massachusetts to all in our community who celebrate.
May love and light fill your heart this season.
May love and light fill your heart this season.
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Chag Sameach! Happy Hanukkah from The Arc of Massachusetts to all in our community who celebrate.
May love and light fill your heart this season.
May love and light fill your heart this season.
#12DaysofArcMass Day Two: In February 2025, The Arc kicked off our intensive Medicaid advocacy efforts, including fact sheets, social media campaigns, action alerts, and meetings with legislators like Congressman Jim McGovern.
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Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#12DaysofArcMass Day Two: In February 2025, The Arc kicked off our intensive Medicaid advocacy efforts, including fact sheets, social media campaigns, action alerts, and meetings with legislators like Congressman Jim McGovern.
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
When harmful language makes headlines, you help us respond with action.
When policies threaten families, you help us protect them.
When people with disabilities are devalued, you help us lift them up.
If you are able, please make a gift today: thearcofmass.org/donate
When policies threaten families, you help us protect them.
When people with disabilities are devalued, you help us lift them up.
If you are able, please make a gift today: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
When harmful language makes headlines, you help us respond with action.
When policies threaten families, you help us protect them.
When people with disabilities are devalued, you help us lift them up.
If you are able, please make a gift today: thearcofmass.org/donate
When policies threaten families, you help us protect them.
When people with disabilities are devalued, you help us lift them up.
If you are able, please make a gift today: thearcofmass.org/donate
Over the next two weeks, we will be celebrating the #12DaysofArcMass.
Day One: In January 2025, The Arc held two events at the State House: a reception and orientation for the newly elected legislators and a briefing about profound autism.
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
Day One: In January 2025, The Arc held two events at the State House: a reception and orientation for the newly elected legislators and a briefing about profound autism.
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Over the next two weeks, we will be celebrating the #12DaysofArcMass.
Day One: In January 2025, The Arc held two events at the State House: a reception and orientation for the newly elected legislators and a briefing about profound autism.
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
Day One: In January 2025, The Arc held two events at the State House: a reception and orientation for the newly elected legislators and a briefing about profound autism.
Support our advocacy: thearcofmass.org/donate
The latest issue of The Arc's Advocate magazine is now available to read online.
Highlights include:
- A special spotlight on Operation House Call
- Advocacy forecast
- After I'm Gone preview
- And more!
https://thearcofmass.org/post/advocate-the-december-2025-issue-is-now-online/
Highlights include:
- A special spotlight on Operation House Call
- Advocacy forecast
- After I'm Gone preview
- And more!
https://thearcofmass.org/post/advocate-the-december-2025-issue-is-now-online/
Advocate: The December 2025 Issue Is Now Online - The Arc of Massachusetts
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.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The latest issue of The Arc's Advocate magazine is now available to read online.
Highlights include:
- A special spotlight on Operation House Call
- Advocacy forecast
- After I'm Gone preview
- And more!
https://thearcofmass.org/post/advocate-the-december-2025-issue-is-now-online/
Highlights include:
- A special spotlight on Operation House Call
- Advocacy forecast
- After I'm Gone preview
- And more!
https://thearcofmass.org/post/advocate-the-december-2025-issue-is-now-online/
"A Dec. 5 email obtained by USA TODAY shows the agency ordered a significant portion of staffers in the Office for Civil Rights to come back later this month. In the 'return to duty...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/06/education-department-civil-rights-office-trump/87643095007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/06/education-department-civil-rights-office-trump/87643095007/
Education Dept. asks hundreds of fired employees to temporarily return
The federal Education Department is asking hundreds of staffers in the Office for Civil Rights to temporarily return to help clear a backlog of cases.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"A Dec. 5 email obtained by USA TODAY shows the agency ordered a significant portion of staffers in the Office for Civil Rights to come back later this month. In the 'return to duty...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/06/education-department-civil-rights-office-trump/87643095007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/06/education-department-civil-rights-office-trump/87643095007/
"The oversight is gone, the expertise has been dissolved, and basically, the referee has left the field. The goals of the federal administration are to continue to fragme...
https://www.wgbh.org/news/education-news/2025-12-04/advocates-sound-alarm-over-rollback-of-civil-rights-enforcement-at-schools
https://www.wgbh.org/news/education-news/2025-12-04/advocates-sound-alarm-over-rollback-of-civil-rights-enforcement-at-schools
Advocates sound alarm over rollback of civil rights enforcement at schools
”Basically, the referee has left the field,“ said Maura Sullivan, CEO of The Arc of Massachusetts, a nonprofit advocating for people with autism and intellectual disabilities.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"The oversight is gone, the expertise has been dissolved, and basically, the referee has left the field. The goals of the federal administration are to continue to fragme...
https://www.wgbh.org/news/education-news/2025-12-04/advocates-sound-alarm-over-rollback-of-civil-rights-enforcement-at-schools
https://www.wgbh.org/news/education-news/2025-12-04/advocates-sound-alarm-over-rollback-of-civil-rights-enforcement-at-schools
Have you ever wondered what type of support your legislator's offices can provide?
Join The Arc of Massachusetts Government Affairs team for an upcoming webinar on constituent services, featuring staff from Senator Ed Markey's office and from state Senator Sal DiDomenico's office.
Join The Arc of Massachusetts Government Affairs team for an upcoming webinar on constituent services, featuring staff from Senator Ed Markey's office and from state Senator Sal DiDomenico's office.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Have you ever wondered what type of support your legislator's offices can provide?
Join The Arc of Massachusetts Government Affairs team for an upcoming webinar on constituent services, featuring staff from Senator Ed Markey's office and from state Senator Sal DiDomenico's office.
Join The Arc of Massachusetts Government Affairs team for an upcoming webinar on constituent services, featuring staff from Senator Ed Markey's office and from state Senator Sal DiDomenico's office.
Giving Tuesday isn't over yet and your gift right now can push this day from good to extraordinary.
If you haven't had a chance to give yet, there's still time.
If you've already given, thank you! Consider sharing our campaign with a friend. It can 2x or 3x your impact.
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If you haven't had a chance to give yet, there's still time.
If you've already given, thank you! Consider sharing our campaign with a friend. It can 2x or 3x your impact.
thearcofmass.org/donate
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Giving Tuesday isn't over yet and your gift right now can push this day from good to extraordinary.
If you haven't had a chance to give yet, there's still time.
If you've already given, thank you! Consider sharing our campaign with a friend. It can 2x or 3x your impact.
thearcofmass.org/donate
If you haven't had a chance to give yet, there's still time.
If you've already given, thank you! Consider sharing our campaign with a friend. It can 2x or 3x your impact.
thearcofmass.org/donate
The Arc of Massachusetts has been working tirelessly to protect disability rights at every level.
When you join our Massachusetts community, you become part of a nationwide movement.
A movement that sent nearly 700,000 letters to Congress this year.
Join the movement: thearcofmass.org/donate
When you join our Massachusetts community, you become part of a nationwide movement.
A movement that sent nearly 700,000 letters to Congress this year.
Join the movement: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Arc of Massachusetts has been working tirelessly to protect disability rights at every level.
When you join our Massachusetts community, you become part of a nationwide movement.
A movement that sent nearly 700,000 letters to Congress this year.
Join the movement: thearcofmass.org/donate
When you join our Massachusetts community, you become part of a nationwide movement.
A movement that sent nearly 700,000 letters to Congress this year.
Join the movement: thearcofmass.org/donate
A Special Message from CEO Maura Sullivan
"The work we are doing is foundational to the infrastructure of our service system. We must do the advocacy, we must safeguard Medicaid, and we have to uplift our workforce.
"The work we are doing is foundational to the infrastructure of our service system. We must do the advocacy, we must safeguard Medicaid, and we have to uplift our workforce.
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A Special Message from CEO Maura Sullivan
"The work we are doing is foundational to the infrastructure of our service system. We must do the advocacy, we must safeguard Medicaid, and we have to uplift our workforce.
"The work we are doing is foundational to the infrastructure of our service system. We must do the advocacy, we must safeguard Medicaid, and we have to uplift our workforce.
Healthcare inequities remain an all too common experience in the lives of people with disabilities.
But with the support and participation of families like yours, The Arc's Operation House Call is changing that.
Help shape the future of medicine with your gift: thearcofmass.org/donate
But with the support and participation of families like yours, The Arc's Operation House Call is changing that.
Help shape the future of medicine with your gift: thearcofmass.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Healthcare inequities remain an all too common experience in the lives of people with disabilities.
But with the support and participation of families like yours, The Arc's Operation House Call is changing that.
Help shape the future of medicine with your gift: thearcofmass.org/donate
But with the support and participation of families like yours, The Arc's Operation House Call is changing that.
Help shape the future of medicine with your gift: thearcofmass.org/donate
On this #GivingTuesday, we want you to know: your support matters more than ever.
When you give right now, you're changing lives in this moment.
Because of you:
- Parents find answers.
- Adults gain opportunities.
- We stand for what's right.
Give now at thearcofmass.org/donate
When you give right now, you're changing lives in this moment.
Because of you:
- Parents find answers.
- Adults gain opportunities.
- We stand for what's right.
Give now at thearcofmass.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
On this #GivingTuesday, we want you to know: your support matters more than ever.
When you give right now, you're changing lives in this moment.
Because of you:
- Parents find answers.
- Adults gain opportunities.
- We stand for what's right.
Give now at thearcofmass.org/donate
When you give right now, you're changing lives in this moment.
Because of you:
- Parents find answers.
- Adults gain opportunities.
- We stand for what's right.
Give now at thearcofmass.org/donate
NEW: President Trump’s ignorant and malicious use of the word “retarded” is deeply disturbing and must not be tolerated. The Arc of Massachusetts stands firmly against the use of the “R-word” by any political leader, public figure, or member of society.
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Statement from CEO Maura Sullivan: The Arc’s Call to Action for Dignity - The Arc of Massachusetts
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.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
NEW: President Trump’s ignorant and malicious use of the word “retarded” is deeply disturbing and must not be tolerated. The Arc of Massachusetts stands firmly against the use of the “R-word” by any political leader, public figure, or member of society.
thearcofmass.org/post/stateme...
thearcofmass.org/post/stateme...