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...
by Joseph Macbeth | Mar 31, 2025 | News |
NADSP Policy Update: We Must Stop the Attack on Medicaid and Community Living The Trump Administration’s decision to eliminate the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and propose $880 billion in Medicaid cuts will be deeply harmful to millions of Americans...