Standardization ≠ Equity: Presenting IIDDEAL at CMS
IEC’s IIDDEAL project presented at the inaugural CMS Health Equity Conference, with project co-leads Teal Benevides and Mai Pham discussing “Standardization ≠ Equity: Supporting Health Outcomes That Matter Most to People with IDD.”
What’s Working in Washington Podcast
Mai Pham recently appeared on What’s Working in Washington, sharing how her own experience raising a child with autism opened her eyes to the gaps in healthcare faced by people with IDD, and how this experience inspired the founding of IEC.
Autism goes to the White House & PBS & the New York Times
In this newsletter edition, we share how centering people with lived experience of IDD has the solutions that we build together better and stronger. We also introduce you to IEC staff and board members.
Different Brains Podcast
Mai Pham recently appeared on the Different Brains podcast with Dr. Hackie Reitman and discussed IEC’s work transforming healthcare for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
IEC on PBS Newshour
In a recent commentary for STAT, IEC Board member Dena Gassner explored recent CDC reports that autism diagnosis among children has risen to 1 in every 36.
New Board Member: Dena Gassner
Dena Gassner joins the IEC Board of Directors, bringing high levels of professional expertise grown from a lifetime of systems navigation on behalf of her son who is autistic.