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Since 1950, The Arc of California has been promoting and protecting the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.

08/19/2025

This week, the California Legislature has returned from its summer recess, and the next few weeks will be a sprint to move key bills through committees and, hopefully, to the Governor’s desk. The Arc of California and United Cerebral Palsy California Collaboration are sponsoring and supporting several important bills that directly impact people with developmental disabilities, their families, and the professionals who support them. The Arc's Executive Director Jordan Lindsey recorded a brief video summary of some of the key legislation we are tracking along with a summary of their impact.

AB 951 Assemblyman Tri Ta
AB 1220 and AB 341 Dr. Joaquin Arambula
AB 1068 and AB 1069 Dr. Jasmeet Bains
AB 1230 Assemblymember Mia Bonta
SB 363 Scott Wiener

Are you a parent or caregiver of a family member with a disability? If so, do you have a succession plan in place if so...
08/15/2025

Are you a parent or caregiver of a family member with a disability? If so, do you have a succession plan in place if someone else in the circle of support needs to take over immediate care of your loved one? If not, don't put it off!
Sign up to take our FREE online six-week course starting Tuesday, August 19th at 10 a.m. and get step-by-step instruction on creating a detailed and comprehensive plan with other caregivers.

It's never too early to be prepared for the future!

Learn more and register now: https://www.caringfutures.org/classes

Together We Raise Our Voice for Equity! Support Transparency in Service Denials for People with Disabilities — Support A...
08/11/2025

Together We Raise Our Voice for Equity! Support Transparency in Service Denials for People with Disabilities — Support AB 1220

I support AB 1220 because we need a Regional Center system that is accountable. For years, families and people with disabilities have faced service denials without follow-up and visible data. This bill will help collect clear data on denials, notices of action, and appeals, ensuring they are recorded in the Individual Program Plan (IPP) and publicly reported by Regional Centers in their annual reports. Transparency is key to correcting inequities. AB 1220 gives us a concrete tool to make that possible.

TAKE ACTION! Urge elected officials to vote YES on AB 1220 by signing an open letter in support of this bill. https://p2a.co/IyHUn7y

At this moment in time, many people are feeling stressed or worried about the future of their family and their loved one...
08/08/2025

At this moment in time, many people are feeling stressed or worried about the future of their family and their loved one with a disability. If you are a caregiver, the pressure can sometimes feel overwhelming. This is why we created a very special online group class for Caregivers called "Self-Care Matters."

This class was created to give parents and caregivers some tools to help manage your stress and wellbeing. This is a two week class that meets once a week for 1.5 hours.

⏰Class starts Wednesday, August 27th at 6:00 p.m. (PST).
👍Sign up now to hold your place in the class.

Let's be on this journey together. You are not alone!

Register at https://www.caringfutures.org/classes

08/08/2025

The Arc of California Board of Directors has issued a powerful and urgent statement opposing the harmful immigration enforcement tactics used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across California. These aggressive practices—carried out by masked, unidentified agents—are creating fear, instability, and trauma for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and the essential workers who support them.

☑️U.S. citizens with disabilities have been wrongfully detained and deported.
☑️Caregivers are being surveilled, detained, and removed, leaving people with disabilities without critical support.
☑️Families are withdrawing from schools and services out of fear—risking health, education, and safety.

This isn’t just a disability rights issue. It’s a human rights emergency.

The Arc of California is calling for bold action—banning ICE from disability-related spaces, ensuring due process, protecting workers, and keeping families together.

🎥Watch short video message from Jordan Lindsey, Executive Director, The Arc of California below.

📜Read the full Board Statement: https://thearcca.org/the-arc-board-releases-statement-strongly-opposing-ice-enforcement-activities/

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Are you a parent or caregiver of a family member with a disability? If so, do you have a succession plan in place if so...
08/06/2025

Are you a parent or caregiver of a family member with a disability? If so, do you have a succession plan in place if someone else in the circle of support needs to take over immediate care of your loved one? If not, don't put it off!

Sign up to take our FREE online six-week course starting Tuesday, August 19th at 10 a.m. and get step-by-step instruction on creating a detailed and comprehensive plan with other caregivers.

It's never too early to be prepared for the future!

Learn more and register now: https://www.caringfutures.org/classes

We are thrilled to have author and therapist Amanda Griffith-Atkins join us for this month's Caring Conversation "Caring...
08/05/2025

We are thrilled to have author and therapist Amanda Griffith-Atkins join us for this month's Caring Conversation "Caring Through the Transition: Parenting, Disability, and Mental Health" on Wednesday, August 20th at 10 AM.

Make sure to tune in to hear more insights about her book, and as she offers support for caregivers facing the emotional shifts of parenting a disabled child into adulthood.

Register here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/q4v5y76

📣 We’re excited to announce El Arc de California's Academy of Advocacy and Action!Join this statewide series of legislat...
08/01/2025

📣 We’re excited to announce El Arc de California's Academy of Advocacy and Action!

Join this statewide series of legislative trainings in Spanish every Friday in September — with English interpretation.

Join us on Zoom and learn how to advocate for your rights!
📝 Register here: https://thearcca-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZZW-jwd9QRiFEd4T1ANODQ

For our final post in our Disability Pride Month series highlighting what disability pride means to members of our commu...
08/01/2025

For our final post in our Disability Pride Month series highlighting what disability pride means to members of our community, newly appointed Board Member Cindy Liu has an important, heartfelt message: "Disability Pride Month reminds me to continue to empower my children to not shrink themselves to fit into a world that wasn’t built for our family. It fortifies me to be unapologetic in advocating or our community. This month is also time to pause to make space for joy, laughter and celebration. It's a message to our community and our allies to be unwavering in our advocacy, to feel confident in every arena and to take up space. We belong, everywhere!" 🤩 Disability pride is not just for one month a year...it's every single day! It's 365 days of being proud of our beautiful and diverse community. 💜 Thank you to everyone who contributed to this community voices series.

With two days remaining in our month-long celebration of Disability Pride Month, we asked some of our board members to s...
07/30/2025

With two days remaining in our month-long celebration of Disability Pride Month, we asked some of our board members to share a message about what means to them. Sabrina Jean said it's about feeling gratitude for how her son Kevin enriches and blesses her life. We couldn't agree more!

Happy Month!

In a joint press release last week, The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the National Disability Rights Network, th...
07/28/2025

In a joint press release last week, The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the National Disability Rights Network, the Center for Public Representation, the National Health Law Program, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and The Arc of the United States condemn the issuance of an Executive Order on “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” The Order directs the Attorney General to seek “the reversal of Federal or State judicial precedents and the termination of consent decrees that impede the United States’ policy of encouraging civil commitment of individuals with mental illness who pose risks to themselves or the public or are living on the streets and cannot care for themselves in appropriate facilities for appropriate periods of time.”

This is a broader disability rights issue – up to 40% of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), such as Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, and more, also have co-occurring mental health conditions. Currently, only 1 in 10 children and adolescents with IDD and mental health disorders receive specialized services

Learn more: https://thearc.org/blog/national-disability-groups-condemn-executive-order-taking-away-civil-liberties/

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Protecting the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supporting full inclusion

The Arc acts to ensure that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their parents, siblings, family members and other concerned members of the public have meaningful opportunities to inform and guide the direction of the organization’s advocacy, including determining policy and positions on important issues. The Arc strives for diversity in its leadership, as well as in all facets of the work of the organization. To learn more about becoming a member of The Arc, or becoming an advocacy ambassador for Californians with IDD, visit our website at www.TheArcCa.org