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, […]
Autism Alliance applauds NCYL & COPAA in a lawsuit that challenges the Department of Education’s abdication of responsibility in processing civil rights investigations Publication date: March 17th, 2025 Read the lawsuit here: https://youthlaw.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2025-03/Carter%20v.%20USDOE.pdf SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — The Autism Alliance of Michigan applauds the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) and the Council of Parent Attorneys […]
Autism Alliance provides public comment to the State Board of Education on the Special Education Experience Survey (March 11, 2025) Autism Alliance of Michigan Public Comment State Board of Education March 11, 2025 Read here: 2025.0311 Autism Alliance Public Comment_State Board of Ed_Special Education Experience Survey Good afternoon board members, Superintendent, and department staff. The […]