State Themes in Self-Advocacy: Policy

Themes	States Who Have Accomplishments in this Theme	States Who Have Goals in this Theme
Policy
Access to legislative process	Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Vermont, Louisiana, Maryland, New Hampshire, Iowa, Texas, Washington, Wyoming, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Michigan, Maine, Massachusetts	Colorado, Alabama, Arizona, Michigan
Olmstead – either involved in council or plan development	North Dakota, West Virginia, Georgia, Ohio	Georgia
Moving people out and closing state hospitals/institutions	Tennessee, California, Oregon,  New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, Illinois, Washington, Alabama, California, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin	Texas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey
Getting Rid of the R word / passing respectful language law	West Virginia, Hawaii, Maryland, Iowa, South Carolina,Wyoming, Alabama, New Mexico, Arkansas,  Missouri, Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Iowa, North Dakota, North Carolina,  Arkansas, Nevada, Oregon, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Illinois, Colorado, Minnesota, Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont	District of Columbia, Alaska, Oklahoma
Protests against Medicaid/Medicare cuts or advocating for more waiver funding	Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Maryland, Wyoming, Vermont	New Mexico
Self-Directed Supports and responsive providers	Illinois, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Jersey	Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey
ADA compliance		Northern Marianas Islands, New Mexico

 

Some states are listed both under accomplishments and goals for the same themes. This happened when a state team presented that they had achievement in an area and made a goal to improve upon their previous work.