April 29, 2019- ASAN Comments on Proposed Person-Centered Planning Panel

Autistic Self Advocacy Network Re: Proposed Roster for Person-Centered Planning Panel

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network^[1] appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed roster for the Person-Centered Planning Panel. ASAN is firmly committed to improving the quality of person-centered planning and is pleased that both the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are collaborating towards the development of performance measures for it. However, ASAN is extremely concerned about the woefully limited representation of people with disabilities on the panel itself. Only one person on the panel is listed as a self-advocate, and none of the proposed panelists have an intellectual disability. Read more