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When the System That’s Supposed to Help Autistic People Exploits Them Instead

Policy & Advocacy  /  Disability Rights  /  March 18, 2026 A Wall Street Journal investigation and a cascade of federal audits reveal how ABA therapy providers extracted hundreds of millions in Medicaid dollars while autistic children and their families had no idea it was happening. Isha Snow Founder & Executive Director, NeuroHomes Communities This week,Continue reading “When the System That’s Supposed to Help Autistic People Exploits Them Instead”

The Housing Crisis Neurodivergent Families Can No Longer Afford to Ignore

A story from Louisville illuminates what NeuroHomes is building toward in the rural Pacific Northwest, and why proximity to community is not a luxury. Mariam Applegate cried when she pulled into the parking lot. She wasn’t overwhelmed by grief, though grief would have been understandable. Her daughter Reese is in Kansas. Her teenage child livesContinue reading “The Housing Crisis Neurodivergent Families Can No Longer Afford to Ignore”

The Housing-Health Connection: Why Stable Housing Is Healthcare for ND Adults

The research on healthcare access barriers for autistic adults documents something that people with lived experience already know: the healthcare system was not built for us.But healthcare access does not begin at the clinic door. It begins with whether someone has a stable address. A phone number that works. The cognitive bandwidth left over afterContinue reading “The Housing-Health Connection: Why Stable Housing Is Healthcare for ND Adults”

NeuroHomes Is Moving

When we first launched this site in 2021, NeuroHomes was an early concept and a vision with community support but no legal structure, no capital strategy, and no development timeline.That has changed.NeuroHomes is now organized as a hybrid nonprofit and social purpose corporation. We have a 20-year financial model, an active capital strategy anchored byContinue reading “NeuroHomes Is Moving”

Healthcare Barriers for ASD Adults

Every year, over 50,000 youth with ASD enter adulthood in the USA. According to an article called ‘Tackling healthcare access barriers for individuals with autism from diagnosis to adulthood,’ published on 25 March 2021, most individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)—a complex, life-long developmental disorder—do not have access to the care required to address theirContinue reading “Healthcare Barriers for ASD Adults”