At the 2016 TASH Conference, there will be a major focus on the right to communicate. Below are the top three reasons that anyone interested in communication should attend the upcoming conference in St. Louis! 1) TASH will launch its new campaign, Speech for All. The campaign focuses on communication being a basic human right,… read more
https://media.blubrry.com/tashamplified/content.blubrry.com/tashamplified/TASH-Amplified-s1e8-12-May-2016-Jones-Gallus-Deinstitutionalization.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:46 — 56.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Season 1, Episode 8 — 12 May 2016 About this episode Professors Jennifer Jones and Kami Gallus discuss the results of their interviews with family members who initially opposed the transition out of an institution into community living for their… read more
Earlier this week, TASH sent a letter to the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), Department of Education, expressing concern about the lack of communication supports provided to students with communication disabilities by school districts and seeking clarification of district responsibilities to address a serious national problem. It is clear from recent research… read more
We understand that there are questions in the community about TASH and its position on Facilitated Communication. The latest issue (vol. 39, no. 3) of TASH’s peer-reviewed journal, Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD) was structured as an exchange on Facilitated Communication (FC). Publishing this issue of RPSD was a well-intentioned effort… read more
Guest Blogger: Barb Trader The New York Times should be ashamed to have published an op/ed piece calling for the re-institutionalization of people with intellectual disabilities. Institutionalization was discredited as a method of treatment decades ago, and is as damaging today as it was in the past. Rather than provide essential treatment and supports, the… read more
2014 TASH Regional Conference Atlanta, GA September 10, 2014 “Rethinking Guardianship: Facilitating Life-Long Self Determination” will use the “Justice for Jenny” case as a backdrop to discuss Supported Decision-Making and other alternatives to guardianship. Jenny Hatch’s landmark case is particularly relevant to young adults with disabilities preparing to exit high school. In 2013, a judge rejected… read more
