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The disability cliff in adulthood could not exist / intentional communities could be created

By Hicbd
Wed Apr 10 2024 10:43 am

"Yet once they age out of special education—usually at 22—many young adults with developmental disabilities find a reality that is very different from the one they had gotten used to. When they lose their federal entitlement to special education, they are thrown into an underfunded and uncoordinated system in which few services are available as a matter of right. They must now contend with services from a variety of providers, financed by a variety of agencies, most of which are not sufficiently funded to cover everyone, and many of which are far too bureaucratic and insufficiently focused on ensuring that their clients can spend meaningful days integrated in community life. They fall, in other words, off the cliff."

URL:
https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/35/the-disability-cliff/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/02/dont-let-my-son-plunge-off-disability-cliff-column/443138002/
https://bobbydodd.org/navigating-the-benefits-cliff-the-challenges-of-working-while-having-a-disability/

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Categories:
Public Benefits / Social Safety Net U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Social Work Disabilities Intellectual / Developmental / Mental Disabilities

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