September 29, 2025 Montpelier, VT — As Vermont faces looming health insurance cuts and the end of Medicare telehealth coverage, All Brains Belong VT has been awarded a grant from the Melissa Andrews Trust to expand care for neurodivergent Vermonters with…
Author: Melissa Houser
ENERGY Equilibrium Strategies for Post Exertional Malaise
Exploring ENERGY Equilibrium Strategies for Individuals who Experience Post Exertional Malaise (PEM) Announcing a new resource by Autism Level UP! and All Brains Belong VT Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is a hallmark symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long…
The Impact of Mistrust on Health
Mel Houser, M.D., Executive Director, All Brains Belong VT (5/7/2025) Why Mistrust of the Healthcare System Isn’t Just a Personal Issue Healthcare is supposed to be a place of support, healing, and care. But for many neurodivergent, disabled, and multiply…
Vermont Medicine: Health Care for the Neurodivergent Community
(Janet Essman Franz, 4/18/2025) “If we can do one thing to improve health care experiences and relationships, it’s to explicitly tell patients that we believe them,” says Melissa Houser, M.D.’12, clinical assistant professor of family medicine at UVM, in a…
Vermont Public: Neurodivergent Vermonters launch fund for medicine, groceries as Medicaid cuts loom
(Elodie Reed, 2/28/2025) Neurodivergent Vermonters are organizing a new mutual aid effort to supply each other with medicines, groceries and ways to take action during an uncertain time. The effort, led by the Montpelier-based community health organization All Brains Belong, began…
Seven Days: An Autistic Doctor Is Redefining Neurodivergent Health Care
(Ken Picard, 1/15/2025) “People don’t just join a medical practice. They are joining a community,” said Dr. Melissa “Mel” Houser, 41, who founded All Brains Belong in November 2021. The Long Island native moved to Vermont in 2008 to attend…
All Brains Belong Announces its 2nd Annual “Improving Autistic & ADHD Healthcare” Webinar
Autistic & ADHD adults often have multiple intertwined health conditions. The healthcare system often gets in the way of clinicians addressing multiple medical problems at a time. Yet by treating these intertwined medical conditions as separate, this may result in…
Blog: 15 Steps to Losing a Client
Mel Houser, M.D., Executive Director, All Brains Belong VT Once upon a time, I decided to fire a consultant. Why? Because they are committing harm to the 1 in 10 people whose brains work like mine. And I cannot support…
Blog: Neuroinclusive Gatherings are Safe Gatherings
Mel Houser, M.D., Executive Director, All Brains Belong VT (11/25/2024) Staying safe this winter As the holiday season approaches, gatherings often play a central role in how many of us connect with others, whether personally or professionally. . However, the…
Kid Connections Project Administrative Coordinator
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