Category: Advocacy Alerts
Washington Update | November 2025
Government Shutdown The longest federal government shutdown in history ended on November 12 following passage of a temporary funding package...
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Washington Update with Action Alert | October 2025
Government Shutdown Every year, Congress must agree on how to fund the government, by passing appropriations bills before the fiscal...
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TASH Statement on Proposed Changes to the US Department of Health and Human Services
On March 27, 2025 the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would be cutting its budget by...
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TASH Opposes the Administration’s Efforts to Dismantle the Department of Education
On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order, "Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities", that...
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Washington Update, March 13, 2025
The Current Climate: This week Congress has turned its attention away from the budget reconciliation process (temporarily) – to focus...
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TASH’s Written Testimony to Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, Toxic Conservatorships: The Need for Reform
Owing in part to the national attention on conservatorship / guardianship from the Britney Spears case, Senators Blumenthal and Cruz announced...
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New TASH Policy Positions on Inclusive Education, Competitive Integrated Employment and Community Living
Dear friends, Policy advocacy remains at the heart of TASH’s mission to advance equity, opportunity and inclusion for people with...
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s is a Part of the Disability Rights Movement">Fighting for DSPs is a Part of the Disability Rights Movement
Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) provide daily support to people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) so they can live and...
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Take Action! Protect the Americans with Disabilities Act!
Take Action! Next week, the House of Representatives will most likely be voting on the ADA Education and Reform Act of...
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Action Alert From TASH’s Self-Advocacy Committee
Dear Self-Advocates & Family Members, We need you to take action right now! Our representatives and senators are hearing from...
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