Declaration for Independence

A Call to Transform Health and Long Term Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities



What We’re Reading: “The State of 21st Century Financial Incentives for Americans with Disabilities”

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This report introduces a new vocabulary as a way to define financial incentives, track their major outcome and impact, and apply this methodology to the study of a number of key incentives. It also provides research findings from a review of the literature in six selected domains: education, employment, transportation, health care and long-term services [...]

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Part II – Beyond NDEAM: Employment and People with Disabilities as a National Priority

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Lisa Mills is a 26-year disability advocate, employment subject matter expert, a former Public Policy Chair for TASH, a former Ruderman Fellow and Senior Technical Advisor for the Coalition to Promote Self-Determination. Dr. Mills’ focus on advancing integrated employment dates back to 1999 when she became involved with the Wisconsin self-advocacy movement and assisted a [...]

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Part I – Beyond NDEAM: Employment and People with Disabilities as a National Priority

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Lisa Mills is a 26-year disability advocate, employment subject matter expert, a former Public Policy Chair for TASH, a former Ruderman Fellow and Senior Technical Advisor for the Coalition to Promote Self-Determination (CPSD). Dr. Mills’ focus on advancing integrated employment dates back to 1999 when she became involved with the Wisconsin self-advocacy movement and assisted [...]

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Get Involved in Developmental Disabilities Awareness – This Month and All Year Long

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Berthy De La Rosa-Aponte is a 30-plus-year south Florida disability advocate and former chair of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel, but she prefers to be known as Lucy’s mom. She is known for her advocacy of the principles of self-determination as a way to get beyond the stigma associated with developmental [...]

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5 Reasons Hiring People with Disabilities is Good for Business – And the Rest of Us

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Hiring people with disabilities doesn’t just allow businesses to tap into a huge and talented workforce; it improves culture, benefits the bottom line, is responsive to government guidelines, and is easier than ever – with new technologies, public-private partnerships, and new ways of doing business coming together to build inclusive workplaces. Mark Perriello; Dec. 30, [...]

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