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The Atlantic: Who Decides Where Autistic Adults Live?

One of Madison House Autism Foundation’s priorities was recently highlighted in The Atlantic article Who Decides Where Autistic Adults Live?

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May 28, 2015 //  by Shannon Doty

It may be another form of discrimination to suppose that intellectually disabled adults can't thrive in a community of their own making.

One of Madison House Autism Foundation’s priorities was recently highlighted in The Atlantic article ‘Who Decides Where Autistic Adults Live?’ Madison House Autism Foundation’s Director of Community Education and Advocacy, Desiree Kameka, along with other colleagues were generously quoted. This piece discusses at length the importance of housing options and choice for adults with autism and other intellectual/developmental disabilities. The national conversation is moving forward!

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