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Back in the early days of the pandemic, someone said that one way to protect your mental health when the world outside is off the rails is to find a little corner of your life and control the heck out of it.

Straighten a junk drawer, clean out a closet, tend a garden, alphabetize those CDs you still have for some reason.

Based on the rate of crazy in the outside world right now, my little household should be immaculate. Not so much. But one project I am distracting myself with working on is arranging this Index of my previous writings about autism and caregiving.

This past week, I came across one that I didn’t expect to be so relevant right now—thanks, crazy outside world.

Alerts have been blaring across all of my groups regarding threats to the laws that protect individuals with disabilities from discrimination, and the federal and state funding that supports many of my son’s programs.

So, I’m sharing this piece with you today—it’s about how I learned about the disability rights movement back when my son was just a toddler, before that fight became personal.

Please see the end of this piece for ways that you can learn more and help protect individuals with disabilities whose rights are at risk.

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