Op-Ed: “My brother was disabled. Defunding disability programs will cost lives.”

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Jill Jacklitz is not only Disability Rights Wisconsin’s Executive Director, but the sibling of someone with autism. Published yesterday by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jill wrote an op-ed in light of recent inaccurate and harmful comments by the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert Kennedy Jr. His comments talked about individuals with autism and potential threats to Disability Rights Wisconsin’s federal funding.

Read Jill’s op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel here.