Almaliti won the suit, and then worked to change California law to require health insurance to cover autism treatments.

[12] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Almaliti spoke publicly about the unique challenges of parenting a severely autistic child at such a difficult time.

[14] Almaliti believed that people with mild autism should maintain a separate diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome rather than being reclassified as autistic.

[15] Almaliti died while trying to rescue her son Muhammed from a house fire in Fremont, California, on September 26, 2020, five days after her 43rd birthday.

[18] Almaliti escaped the fire with her sister Maysoon and niece Anais, but died after she ran back into their burning home to try and rescue her son.

[20] In honor of Feda and Muhammed, the National Council on Severe Autism began the September 26th Project, focused on creating disaster preparedness plans.