ABLE NH

05/24/2026

Some people climb mountains.
Alicia decided to rappel down a skyscraper instead.

She’s taking on Over the Edge to support ABLE NH and disability justice in New Hampshire, and we want to help her crush her $1,000 goal before June 23.

From surviving cancer to becoming a disability advocate and cannabis educator, Alicia knows how to meet challenges head on. Now she’s taking things vertical.

Help send Alicia Over the Edge:
https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/edge2026/AliciaBennett

📱 Text edge202667 to 71777

Every donation helps support grassroots disability advocacy, organizing, and community building across New Hampshire.

05/22/2026

Alicia Bennett is officially in her fearless era.

Mom. Amputee. Cancer survivor. Disability advocate.
Now she’s about to rappel 300 feet down a building for ABLE NH.

The building should be nervous.

Alicia keeps showing what disability pride, resilience, and community look like in action. Let’s help push her over her fundraising goal before she goes Over the Edge on June 23!

Donate here:
https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/edge2026/AliciaBennett

Or text:
📱 edge202667 to 71777

05/21/2026

Yesterday, the New Hampshire Executive Council blocked $1.2 million for childcare over DEI language.

That money would have trained childcare workers to support children with disabilities. It would have paid for coaching, professional development, and resources.

Executive Councilors Wheeler, Stephen, and Kenney voted it down. Their concern was that the company's goals included Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

DEI includes disability. When legislators cut DEI, they cut workforce training. When they cut workforce training, disabled children lose access.

That is the real consequence for NH families.

Disabled children deserve to be there.

The New Hampshire Executive Council tabled a $1.2 million extension of an existing contract to bolster the Granite Steps for Quality program and provide more professional development opportunities related to caring for children with special needs.

05/20/2026

When schools can choose, some students do not get chosen.

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026-05-19/open-enrollment-school-choice-amended-bill-nh-cap-number-students

Open enrollment is back in New Hampshire. This time, lawmakers are proposing a cap of 500 students statewide. But the same concerns for students with disabilities are still here.

New Hampshire should be focused on strengthening inclusive education in every district, addressing inequitable school funding, and ensuring students with disabilities receive meaningful support where they live. Instead, this proposal continues to move forward while many disability-related concerns remain unresolved.

Disability rights are civil rights. Inclusion is not optional.

05/15/2026

Join us today at 12 for a Transportation Equity Lunch & Learn Series - A Deeper Dive on Everyday Transportation Benefits Under NH’s Medicaid Waivers.

This event will include a presentation, Q&A, and a discussion about participants' experiences. Attendees will receive a one-pager on updates, accessing this service option, and the benefits available.

For more information, check out ABLE NH: https://ablenh.org/events/

05/14/2026

On Monday, ABLE NH helped bring the community together in Nashua to defend inclusive education.

https://www.nashuaindependent.com/nashua-advocates-rally-for-inclusive-special-education-ahead-of-board-meeting/

As covered by the Nashua Independent families, educators, advocates, and community members showed up because this conversation is bigger than one proposal.

Inclusion is not simply about placement. It is about belonging, access, relationships, and the right of disabled students to learn as part of their school communities.

When public schools are underfunded and overstretched, disabled students too often become the first people systems try to separate or consolidate. That is not inclusion.

We are proud of the community that continues to organize, speak out, and push for schools where all students belong. We will continue to push back and fight for students to be included.

05/13/2026

What’s happening in Houston should be a wake-up call for Nashua.

https://texasstandard.org/stories/hisd-under-federal-investigation-over-plans-to-restructure-special-education-services/

Federal officials are investigating Houston ISD after concerns that students with disabilities could be moved into more centralized and segregated settings under the guise of “restructuring” special education services. Families and advocates raised concerns about separation, loss of belonging, and decisions being made around systems instead of students.

That is why the conversations happening in Nashua matter so much.

When districts face budget pressures and staffing shortages, students with the most intensive needs are often the first pushed toward more separate settings. It gets framed as efficiency. But disability studies in education reminds us to ask a different question: who benefits when students are removed from their school communities?

Inclusion is not optional. It is a civil right.

Students with disabilities should not have to leave their neighborhood schools because inclusion was never properly supported in the first place.

05/11/2026

Dear all, this is a reminder that all events after 5:15 PM will take place at Nashua North High School, at 8 Titan Way, Nashua, NH 03063. Thank you and we hope to see you for Inclusion Day! This will be an excellent opportunity to come together to learn, connect, and take action for inclusive education.

Nashua for Inclusion Day
https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/HbBojSLbybbomlrJdkft_w

Monday, May 11
5:15–5:45 PM
Community Gathering – Titan Way (Nashua High School North)
Stand together. Be visible. Walk over as a group.

6:00 PM
School Board Meeting – Nashua High School North (Board Room)
Show up. Speak up. Be part of the conversation.

05/11/2026

Public education is being pushed to a breaking point and students with disabilities are being caught in the middle.

The proposal being discussed in Nashua to move students with the most intensive needs into one school is being framed around efficiency and staffing shortages. But this problem did not begin with Nashua.

For decades, the federal government has failed to fulfill its promise to fund special education. New Hampshire has also continued to underfund public education, leaving local districts to fill the gaps through local budgets, staffing cuts, and impossible decisions.

Students with disabilities should not be the ones paying the price for those failures.

This is about more than logistics. It’s about whether students with disabilities are fully part of their school communities or separated from them. Inclusion is not optional. It’s a right.

Research continues to show that inclusive classrooms benefit students across the board, while segregated settings often lead to less engagement, fewer peer connections, and fewer opportunities to belong. Once systems are built around separation, they become very difficult to undo.

Join us for Nashua for Inclusion Day as our community comes together to learn, connect, and take action for inclusive education.

Nashua for Inclusion Day
https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/HbBojSLbybbomlrJdkft_w

Monday, May 11

4:00–5:00 PM
Town Hall – Nashua Public Library
Learn what’s being proposed, why inclusive education matters, and what’s at stake.

5:15–5:45 PM
Community Gathering – Titan Way (Nashua High School North)
Stand together. Be visible. Walk over as a group.

6:00 PM
School Board Meeting – Nashua High School North (Board Room)
Show up. Speak up. Be part of the conversation.