Advocacy Tools & Resources

Visit the Autism Society of America’s Action Center for timely action alerts on Medicaid, IDEA and other issues important to people with disabilities. Their Action Center provides summaries of the issues, message templates and an easy way contact Congressional offices.

Or you can use the Library of Congress’s Congress.gov website tools to find your Members of Congress (Representative and Senators) and look up and keep track of current and past legislation.

Find My Member of Congress Tool

Legislation Tracker Tool

Education

Order Aims to Dismantle Education Department, Official Says, New York Times, March 6, 2025
Senate Confirms Linda McMahon to Lead Education Department as Trump Vows to Shut It Down, CBS News, March 4, 2025
Jessica Winter, What the Assault on Public Education Means for Kids with Disabilities, The New Yorker, February 13, 2025

Medicaid

N. Adam Brown, “We’re Getting the Medicaid Message Wrong — And It’s Costing Us“, MedPage Today, March 8, 2025

See this chart to learn under what name Medicaid is branded in your state.

Lorie Konish, Congress’ Proposed Cuts May Jeopardize Medicaid and Negatively Impact the Economy, Report Finds, CNBC, March 5, 2025
Fact Sheet: A Cut to Medicaid is a Cut to Medicare, Justice in Aging, March 4, 2025