Listen in to learn all about the Indiana Youth Leadership Forum (INYLF), a five day leadership program for youth with disabilities, as Michelle talks with INYF Coordinator Chris Bailey and two participants of INYLF’s summer…
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A View with DDRS Director Nicole Norvell on Medicaid Waiver Transitions
Listen in as Michelle talks with DDRS Director Nicole Norvell about transition plans for Indiana’s Medicaid Waiver program to bring waivers into compliance with new federal rules for home and community based services. Learn More:…
A View with Jay Ruckelshaus and Ramp Less Traveled
Listen in as Michelle talks with Jay Ruckelshaus, founder of Ramp Less Traveled, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals with spinal cord injuries in the pursuit of higher education. Jay, a native of…
A View with Zachary Fenell, Author of “Off Balanced”
Listen in as Michelle talks with Zachary Fenell, author of Off Balanced. Zachary shares with Michelle how cerebral palsy impacted his view of himself as a child and teenager, and how he grew to embrace…
A View into The Arc Advocacy Network’s Family Educators
Family Educators from The Arc Advocacy Network are available to present throughout the state on Indiana’s Medicaid Waiver program and help families sign up for the program. Family Educators are also available to exhibit at…
A View into SAI’s Speakers Bureau
Listen in as Michelle talks with Betty Williams and Melody Cooper about Self-Advocates of Indiana’s Speakers Bureau. Six self advocates are now available to speak throughout the state on Dreams, Self-Advocacy Basics, and Employment/Good for…
ABA Therapy Coverage, Medicaid and the “1634 Transition”
To: Parents of Children with Autism Receiving Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Therapy Services From: Your Indiana Family Advocacy Organizations – About Special Kids (ASK), The Autism Society of Indiana (ASI), The Arc of Indiana, Covering Kids and Families (CKF), Family Voices, The Indiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (INAAP), and The Indiana Resource Center…
A View into Sarah’s Great Day
If you have not discovered it yet, you definitely want to check out “Sarah’s Great Day,” the online cooking show featuring Sarah, a 15-yr old with Down syndrome, produced right here in Indiana. Listen in…
The Arc of Indiana’s response to “Anthem cuts cloud future for autism therapists”
News articles have recently been published throughout the state reporting that Indiana’s largest health insurer, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, is taking a harder line on paying for therapy for school-age children with autism. While the articles reported on this issue from the “industry” standpoint there is a very real side that impacts the…
Walking for My Niece, Nephew and All Impacted by Autism
by Katie Batagianis Recently, while my husband and I were watching a basketball game on television, I noticed that one of the coaches was wearing a lapel pin in the shape of a puzzle piece, the nationally recognized symbol for Autism Spectrum Disorder. I looked up the coach, Jason Kidd of the Brooklyn Nets, and…