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“We have a window of time, but it’s not a very big window. If we don’t change the way we do things, the way we develop economically, then it will be too late.”

Jane Goodall in her last interview recorded on September 24, 2025,
Dr. Jane Goodall’s Urgent Call To Action: ‘We’ve Been Stealing Our Children’s Future’, Forbes (podcast), September 24, 2025

We’ve come too far to go back to a time when autism was a stigmatized condition defined solely in terms of deficits; when mothers were made to feel guilty; when the pressures for conformity so outweighed the desire for diversity that people with autism had few chances to get an education or a job; when one person with power could dominate the discourse on autism; and when the people whose well-being was at stake were excluded from shaping the narratives and policies that can alter their lives and happiness.

Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.(*New York Times, September 24, 2025)

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Mission

Dignity Alliance Massachusetts is dedicated to transformative change to ensure the dignity of older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.  We are committed to advancing new ways of providing long-term services, support, living options, and care, while respecting choice and self-determination.  Through education, legislation, regulatory reform, and legal strategies, this mission will become reality throughout the Commonwealth.

As a grass-roots coalition of aging and disability service and advocacy organizations and supporters, Dignity Alliance Massachusetts works to secure fundamental changes.

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