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

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TASH Resources

Washington Update is TASH’s monthly policy newsletter. It is e-mailed to members only, then posted to our blog for everyone. You can find past issues here:

• Washington Update, March 13, 2025
• Washington Update, February 14, 2025

• Podcast: How to Talk to Your Senator About Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, June 22, 2017
• Webinar series: Making Change Happen in Your State, 4-part series, April 2015

Health and Human Services

• TASH Statement on Proposed Changes to the US Department of Health and Human Services, March 28, 2025
• AARP Statement on HHS Restructuring, AARP, March 27, 2025
• AUCD’s Statement on the HHS Announcement: “This Jeopardizes the Health and Safety of People with Disabilities”, Association of University Centers on Disabilities, March 27, 2025
• Center for Medicare Advocacy Statement on HHS Cuts, Center for Medicare Advocacy, March 27, 2025
• Disability and Aging Collaborative Reacts to Harmful Announcement from HHS, Disability and Aging Collaborative, March 27, 2025
• Justice in Aging, March 27, 2025
• The National Alliance for Caregiving Statement on the Restructuring of the Department of Health and Human Services, National Alliance for Caregiving, March 27, 2025
• “We Will Not Go Back”: Defending ACL and the Future of Community Living, National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, March 27, 2025
• National Health Law Program Warns HHS Restructuring Threatens the Health of Underserved Communities, National Health Law Program, March 27, 2025

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

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