Our Right to Remain

Our homes. Our communities. Our right to remain.

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Jocelynn Helmbrecht is a published writer, disability advocate, nonprofit leader, and mother of three boys. Her middle son, Wesley, had significant disabilities and passed away at the age of twenty-four in February 2026. Jocelynn has more than two decades of lived and professional experience navigating disability services and Medicaid HCBS. She is the founder of Our Right to Remain, where she works to make disability policy understandable, amplify the voices of people with disabilities and their families, and advocate for the right to live and receive services in the community.

Category: Disability

  • Olmstead Matters

    The Olmstead v. L.C. decision is not just about a Supreme Court case. It is about a person and the life made possible. That person was my beautiful son. Though he is no longer here, the mama bear in me still roars. Wesley was born on October 26, 2001 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. What…

  • Letter to Attorney General Todd W. Blanche

    Eighteen governors are asking the federal government to not retreat from its longstanding role in protecting the right of people with disabilities to live and receive services in their communities. In a letter to Attorney General Todd W. Blanche, the governors responded to recent actions by the Department of Justice concerning Olmstead v. L.C. and…

  • H.Res. 1469

    “Condemning a legal opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice on June 18, 2026, regarding the Olmstead v. L.C., the 1999 Supreme Court decision that recognized institutional isolation of people with disabilities as discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.” H.Res. 1469 was introduced on August 3, 2026, by Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan,…

  • Welcome

    Welcome

    Welcome to Our Right to Remain. This site began with a simple Facebook conversation between two mothers in two different states wanting to do more. The disability community in the United States has faced challenges since this nation’s founding. The challenges we face today are unprecedented in number and scope. Between Olmstead, Medicaid cuts, state…