Are you planning on a long life?

(or concerned about the life of an elderly or disabled family member, loved one, or friend?)

Perhaps, you should consider what our society pays those who are going to care for you.

The answer today is pretty grim.

A Disability Trust in a Box?

Why can't we have a nice, simple version of a "Special Needs Trust" (with a better name of course)... to help protect the financial assets of disabled people?

disabilityalmanac.com/the-missing-...

#disability

Make America Gilded Again

… and right now I’m reading about The Gilded Age and Progressivism (my wife, daughter, and I are reading 3 books, mine is The Age of Betrayal).

Holy cow! What is old is new again.

disabilityalmanac.com/make-america...

What the ****** is an IEP actually? (Part 1)

The formal answer is that it is an “Individualized Education Program (not Plan)”… as if that helps.

disabilityalmanac.com/navigating-i...

Disability Politics Hamlet - To Organize or Not To Organize?

As far as I can tell in the US, there are only 5 Democratic Clubs (party-affiliated groups that endorse candidates) in the US focused on #disability.

None for the Republicans (share, I'm happy to be wrong).

(con'td)

Special Education Gone Wrong (so wrong!)

... in Idaho,

But it could happen anywhere.

It probably IS happening in many places.

www.idahoednews.org/top-news/spe...

Brilliant! Tennesee Disability Report Card

We need these for every state (city, country, school district, ...), every year, ... every area (schools, healthcare, jobs, housing)...

Do you know of other report cards like this?

What would you want in one?

www.tndisability.org/tennessee-di...

Disability Changemakers.... I'd like to spread the word about your work and help you thrive.

We're all in this together to make the world better for #disabled people.

Tell me about yourself... and suggest something for me to share in the Disability Drumbeat newsletter at disabilityalmanac.com

Self-Funding Disability

Should we work to self-fund #disability work as a community instead of relying on the fickle interests and handcuffs of old-school philanthropy?

Large groups are likely to fund ... large groups.

From @desibility.bsky.social

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/uneq...

Blackoak Capital and Cushman & Wakefield launch $100 Million Fund to address critical disability housing shortage (Australia).

How is this incentivized by the government?

Most importantly, how do we get the private sector to engage in supporting disability housing (and employment and..)

Getting Special Education on our Local Election Agenda

School board members often know nothing about special education even though more than 10% of students are disabled. My goal: getting them to be aware of and care about these students. Mission Accomplished?

disabilityalmanac.com/endorsing-di...

Disturbing (and small) study shows that disabled students who spend most of their days in segregated settings may spend as little as 20% of their day on academic instruction.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

48.2% of the elderly and disabled people on waiting lists for Home and Community-Based Services live in Texas. 12 states have NO waiting list.

Much better is possible.

Disability Financial Planning

Disability financial planning starts in Bizarro-land. Goal 1 is to be Broke-ish so you maintain eligibility for disability services. Then you have to figure out how to both be broke and not broke at the same time.

disabilityalmanac.com/disability-f...

710,739 people on waiting lists, but ZERO in 12 states

Home and Community-Based Services are a first step for better, and more cost-effective services for disabled Americans.

Much better is possible...

disabilityalmanac.com/much-better-...