Creating Opportunities For Teens & Adults With Special Needs & Disabilities

Adulthood often comes with a narrowing of therapeutic options that unfortunately are becoming even more thinned out due to recent policy. In this episode we pick up from a line of thought introduced in episode 150 regarding supports that affirm Neurodiversity and how value is ascribed to disability communities. Ableist lines of thinking are having a catastrophic impact on support services for the most vulnerable. These impacts in policy will be very hard to reverse once implemented and many advocates are unaware that the advocacy movements they are supporting may actually be ableist at the core and incredibly harmful to those we wish to champion   About the Guest: Ashley Kim Weiss Ashley is an entrepreneur and disability advocate who currently serves as the National Coordinator for Together for Choice.  She is also the President & CEO of Elevare Community, a non-profit organization whose mission is to create supportive residential communities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  P