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A graphic of a faceted detail of the U.S. flag with the words Take Action. 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.

The Congress.gov logo Find My Member of Congress Tool

The Congress.gov logo Legislation Tracker Tool

Latest Updates
  • TASH Statement on School Vouchers and Students with Disabilities: Risks, Rights, and Advocacy, July 2026. This Statement outlines our serious concerns about school vouchers and includes messaging points for advocates as we work to further inform and engage parents, educators and policymakers.
  • On June 18 the Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel released a legal opinion stating that the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Olmstead v. LC Supreme Court decision do not require states to provide services to people with disabilities in a community setting. You can read the Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel opinion here and news reports by Bloomberg, CBS, NPR or PBS. You can read statements in opposition to the opinion by the ACLU, The Arc, ASAN the Bazelon Center and CCD.
  • Advocacy Groups Urge Congress to Protect and Reinvest in Medicaid, July 13, 2026. This letter, signed by TASH and other disability and advocacy organizations, urges Congress to reject further Medicaid cuts and instead reinvest in the program. The letter argues that recent funding reductions are already harming access to health care and home- and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults, people with disabilities, caregivers, and low-income families. The signatories warn that additional cuts would worsen provider closures, workforce shortages, and service reductions, threatening the health, independence, and ability of millions of Americans to remain in their homes and communities.
  • Disability Advocates Urge DOJ to Reverse Delay of Web Accessibility Standards, July 6, 2026. This letter, signed by TASH and other disability rights organizations urges the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rescind its decision to delay the compliance deadlines for web and mobile accessibility requirements for state and local governments for one year. The delay will prolong barriers that prevent people with disabilities from accessing essential government services online and undermine years of progress toward digital accessibility.
  • TASH Statement Opposing the Transfer of OSERS and OCR from the U.S. Department of Education. Although we adamantly oppose the restructuring of OSERS and OCR, they remain legally responsible for upholding the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and we call on federal leaders to ensure that any such restructuring does not diminish the civil rights protections and educational entitlements that students with disabilities and their families depend on.
  • Advocacy Groups Urge Congress to Reject Education Department Reorganization, June 18, 2026. This letter, signed by TASH and other disability, civil rights, and education organizations writes to oppose the Administration’s plan to transfer key special education and civil rights functions from the U.S. Department of Education to the Departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, arguing that the move would weaken protections and services for students with disabilities. The stakeholder letter urges Congress to reject the transfers, stating that decades of federal laws and programs were intentionally designed to keep education, disability rights, and civil rights oversight together within the Department of Education.
  • Department of Education Condemned for Ending Support for Students with Disabilities, October 22, 2025. TASH joins over 800 local, state, and national organizations signing the Autism Society of America’s statement.
  • Workforce Participation Necessitates Medicaid Funding, June 2025. Collaboration to Promote Self Determination (CPSD) drafted talking points.

TASH Resources

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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:

For older issues, visit the Washington Update archive.

Health and Human Services

Education

Medicaid
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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.

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