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Micah Rothkopf
Policy & Advocacy Assistant
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Micah Rothkopf (he/him) is the Policy & Advocacy Assistant for the National Down Syndrome Congress. Micah graduated with a B.A. from Brandeis University. While there, he researched home- and community-based services (HCBS) quality measures as a Fellow at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, helped launch the Legislative Action Center as an intern with the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress (MDSC), and served as a policy intern for the Arc of Massachusetts. He also wrote a senior thesis on the ethics of disability-selective abortion and assisted suicide.

After graduating, Micah worked as the Disability Policy Intern for the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Marilyn Golden Summer Policy Intern at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF), and as a Paralegal at the Elder & Disability Law Center.

Micah currently serves on the Government Affairs Committee for MDSC and lives with his partner in Northern Virginia. He loves spending time with his family in New England, enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee, and dreams of having a dog one day.