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 earlier this month in response to proposed cuts to Medicaid.

Community members like Amy Noyes, a 50-year-old Plainfield resident who is both a patient at All Brains Belong and a member of one of its advisory boards.

They helped build the new All Brains Belong Community Health Access Fund, which has an online registry where people can purchase over-the-counter medications, food gift cards and air purifiers for whoever needs them.

overhead look at bottles and boxes of medicines donated to the All Brains Belong Community Health and Access Fund.
Credit: Elodie Reed, Vermont Public