by Joseph Macbeth | Dec 1, 2025 | News
NADSP Condemns President’s Use of the “R-Word The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals is deeply disheartened by the President’s recent use of the “R-word” to attack Governor Tim Walz. In his Thanksgiving message, the President chose language...
by Joseph Macbeth | Oct 27, 2025 | News
NADSP Policy Update: Federal Shutdown & SNAP Benefits, WIC Services Dear Colleagues, Because of the ongoing federal government shutdown that began on October 1, tens of thousands of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) and the people we support are already feeling...
by Joseph Macbeth | Oct 1, 2025 | News |
NADSP Policy Update Regarding Federal Shutdown October 2025 Dear Direct Support Professionals, The government shutdown seems to be about one thing. There are some folks in Congress that want to keep the devastating cuts to Medicaid in place. Those cuts would take...
by Joseph Macbeth | Sep 26, 2025 | News |
What Hurts Most About This Week’s Autism “Discovery” Written by Gary Blumenthal, Public Policy and Communications Advisor I’ve lived my whole life as the brother of Steven Phillip Blumenthal, a man with profound autism. Stevie to my family members, he is 68 now....
by Joseph Macbeth | Sep 23, 2025 | News |
NADSP Board Rejects Trump Administration Comments on Autism The Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) rejects recent comments from senior federal officials suggesting that acetaminophen (Tylenol) or its ingredients are...
