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AUTCOM

Autism National Committee

AUTCOM

The first autism advocacy organization dedicated to

"Social Justice for All Autistics" through

a shared vision and a commitment

to positive approaches

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Welcome to AutCom!

We are the Autism National Committee, a.k.a. AutCom. This is the first autism advocacy organization dedicated to "Social Justice for All Autistics" through a shared vision and a commitment to positive approaches.

Our organization was founded in 1990 to protect and advance the human rights and civil rights of all persons with autism and related differences of communication and behavior

URGENT - MEDICAID CUTS PUT HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES AT RISK

Contact your congressperson

Link to Letter Template

Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) play a critical role in ensuring that many autistic individuals and others with disabilities receive supports in their home and community. Proposed cuts to Medicaid, the major funding source for HCBS, pose a significant threat to the availability of needed community supports. They also threaten to propel us backwards to a time when autistics and others with disabilities were forced to live in institutions, nursing homes, and other segregated settings.

Medicaid pays for 78% of personal care services. It is the primary source of health and long-term community supports for about 1/3 of individuals with disabilities in the US. More than one in five people receiving Medicaid are people with disabilities. Current funding through Medicaid is clearly insufficient with over 700,000 people on waiting lists for Medicaid-supported HCBS. Proposed cuts that would reduce the underfunded Medicaid program by 2.3 trillion dollars would make it even more difficult for people with disabilities to receive necessary healthcare and community supports.

Please contact your Congressperson as soon as possible to let them know how important Medicaid is to you or your family members. You can go here for details on how to look up your elected official.

You can use the provided letter template for writing to your elected official.

Events

Autcom Webinar: The Right to Grow Up - Mental Age Theory

Newsletters

AutCom's latest Communicator newsletter for Fall 2025 is out! You can read it here.

You can also check out our recent and past newsletters here.

AutCom Signs Joint Statement Defending Scientific Integrity and Autistic Rights

How Safe Is The Schoolhouse?

A Summary and Analysis of State Restraint and Seclusion Laws and Policies

Right to Communicate

Right to Communicate for People
With Limited or No Speech

Updated Dec 20, 2025

Autcom's Statement of Solidarity

When we are given no voice, we are stripped of our power and the ability to self-direct our lives. We stand with those who have been powerless because of a power structure that does not seek out and value all diversity. We can give our best when all lives matter because black lives matter, and powerless voiceless people everywhere matter as much as those in power.

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