Autism Alliance provides public comment to the State Board of Education calls attention to Dropout Crisis for Students with Disabilities (June 10, 2025) Autism Alliance of Michigan Public Comment State Board of Education June 10, 2025 Read here: 2025.0610 Autism Alliance Public Comment_State Board of Ed_Students with Disabilities_Dropout Crisis Good afternoon board members, Superintendent, and […]
Parents on Policy: Raising Our Voices, Driving Real Change at Mackinac and Beyond On May 29, 2025, parents, advocates, educators, and organizers gathered virtually for the 4th Annual Parents on Policy Town Hall, held alongside the Mackinac Policy Conference. This year’s theme, “The Equation for Impact: Bringing Parent Voices to the Mackinac Policy Conference”, captured […]
Autism Alliance provides public comment to the State Board of Education calling for elimination of ‘Functional Independence’ tier of MI-ACCESS (May 13, 2025) Autism Alliance of Michigan Public Comment State Board of Education May 13, 2025 Read here: 2025.0513 Autism Alliance Public Comment_State Board of Ed_Alternate Assessment Call to Action Good afternoon board members, Superintendent, and […]
Autism Alliance submits public comment on Michigan’s Annual State Application for Funds under IDEA Part C for FFY 2025 (April 24, 2025) Advocacy in Action: holding systems accountable Read here: 2025.0424 Autism Alliance Public Comment on Michigan’s Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2025 Part C of IDEA Application April 24, 2025 Public Comment on Michigan’s Federal […]
New Resource: MiPAAC LinkTree MiPAAC now has a LinkTree page! The Michigan Parent, Advocate & Attorney Coalition (MiPAAC), powered by Autism Alliance of Michigan, is a grassroots, statewide group dedicated to student-centered advocacy. MiPAAC aims to educate and empower families of children with special education needs on topics crucial to their advocacy efforts, ensuring all […]
Autism Alliance provides public comment to the State Board of Education on the overuse of Alternate Assessments (April 8, 2025) Autism Alliance of Michigan Public Comment State Board of Education April 8, 2025 Good afternoon board members, Superintendent, and department staff. My name is Jenna Friedman. I am a graduate student at Wayne State University, […]
Autism Alliance provides public comment to the State Board of Education on Michigan’s Annual State Application for Funds under IDEA Part B for FFY 2025 (April 8, 2025) Advocacy in Action: holding systems accountable Autism Alliance of Michigan Public Comment State Board of Education April 8, 2025 Read here: 2025.0408 Autism Alliance Public Comment_State Board […]
Love & Joy & Advocacy How do we meet the moment with collective action? There has been so much in motion over the past several weeks – to the point that – it has been all consuming just trying to stay on top of What’s happened now? As we’ve been describing it to reporters and […]
Endrew F. – Celebrating the 2017 unanimous, pro-child Supreme Court decision (March 22, 2017 >> March 22, 2025) Publication date: March 22, 2025 Key dates 1975: Federal law enacted, now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) IDEA provides eligible students with a free appropriate public education (FAPE) through an individualized education program […]
MI education advocates: Trump moves to dismantle US Department of Education “alarming” (Michigan Public) Publication date: March 21st, 2025 Read the article here: https://www.michiganpublic.org/education/2025-03-17/mi-education-advocates-trump-moves-to-dismantle-us-department-of-education-alarming SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — The Autism Alliance of Michigan was recently featured in a Michigan Public article highlighting growing concerns over the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, […]