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Record Turnout at 2026 Transition Conference

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November 3, 2026

TIME-SENSITIVE: Ask Your Senator to Support Nicky’s Law Amendments in the Supplemental Budget

Dear advocates, The Massachusetts Senate is taking up a supplemental budget, and The Arc of Massachusetts is advocating for 2 amendments that would add language from our Nicky's Law expansion…
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Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts (AFAM), a division of The Arc of Massachusetts, was recently honored as one of the “Flutie 50” at Flutie’s Big Night for Autism for its…
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