04/10/2026
Today, ABLE NH met with Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander alongside members from the NH Developmental Disabilities Council, Seana Hallberg and Chase Eagleson, and Ian Howes from Of His Own Words including Ian Howes,
We’re grateful for the opportunity to have a thoughtful and honest conversation about issues that matter. We discussed data protection, supportive education, and how disability is understood and valued across New Hampshire and our country.
Too often, disability is framed through limitation, cost, or compliance. What we continue to raise is something different: disability as a natural and valuable part of our communities. When policies are built without disabled people at the center, they tend to focus on managing systems rather than supporting people. That has real consequences in education, in privacy, and in everyday life.
Conversations like this matter because they help shift that perspective. They create space to move from a system that reacts to disability toward one that is designed with disabled people in mind from the start.
We appreciate Congresswoman Goodlander for engaging with us and for taking the time to listen. This is how change begins: with relationships, with honest dialogue, and with a commitment to doing better.
