by Joseph Macbeth | Jul 7, 2025 | News |
Dear Colleagues, Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives agreed to adopt the Senate version of the Reconciliation Act—a version even more damaging than the bill originally passed by the House. This legislation will cut over a billion dollars from Medicaid,...
by Joseph Macbeth | Jun 27, 2025 | News |
Written by Joseph Macbeth, President/CEO; Gary Blumenthal, Senior Policy Advisor; and Nicole Jorwic, Senior Policy Advisor The House Reconciliation Act, also called the “One Big Beautiful Bill” by the White House and majority party in the House and Senate, is...
by Joseph Macbeth | Jun 17, 2025 | News |
Team, I wish I had better news. We have just finished our first line-by-line look at the Senate Finance Committee’s new “reconciliation” draft, released today by Chairman Mike Crapo. To read the document, click here. Sadly, it takes the already harmful House-passed...
by John Raffaele | Apr 25, 2025 | News |
The Time For Advocacy Is Now! The following article is part of an ongoing series about the NADSP Competency Areas. The NADSP Competency Areas offer DSPs the opportunity to address challenges, work on issues identified by the person they support, or assist a person in...
by Joseph Macbeth | Apr 17, 2025 | News |
Response to HHS on Autism The National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals is deeply disappointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent statements claiming the government will discover the cause of autism by this September and...