Easterseals Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore, Georgetown

Easterseals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.

Accessibility:
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance

Matt Binder, Senior Advocacy Specialist at Easterseals New Jersey, was excited to attend again after on airline accessibility. “D. C. is one of my favorite weeks of the year. Talking to my colleagues across the country who are doing this work, hearing what they’re working on and their perspectives is interesting, ” he says. Matt adds that every Affiliate location “has its own flavor” as far as what services they provide, and he found it exciting to see the breadth of Easterseals’ work in communities nationwide.
Being at the center of our nation’s political beating heart is exhilarating. Meeting the Congressional offices representing every state, surrounded by the historical marble architecture and statues, Forum participants get to peek behind the curtain to witness the intensity in the day-to-day work of Congress. While Matt met with legislative staff, Congress was about to vote on aid to Ukraine, and many staff worried they would not have a Speaker the next day. Still, the legislative staff Matt met with, which included 12 different offices, confirmed their commitment to the work of Easterseals and the evolving needs of veterans and disabled people.
In these meetings, Matt and his team at presented Congressional staff with their top concerns and support for bills that can positively impact disabled people and their families nationwide. One such bill is the, which will drastically raise the asset limit for SSI recipients to $10, 000 for an individual and $20, 000 for couples—currently, the limit is set to $2, 000 and $3, 000 respectively, which has not changed since 1984. Other legislative issues Matt shared include support for Medicaid funding to address the ongoing healthcare crisis, rising Medicare copays, telehealth access, and accessible and available transportation.
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