Press Releases
about Disability Rights
Jun 17, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Opposes Department of Energy’s Direct Final Rule Removing Requirements for Disability Access
WASHINGTON — The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ has submitted a public comment in opposition to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed direct final rules that attempt t...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Jun 16, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Responds to Senate Finance Committee Bill That Will Kick Millions Off Medicaid
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Finance Committee today unveiled bill language which, like its much-criticized House companion bill, cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from Medica...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Jun 12, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Celebrates Supreme Court Decision in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools
Ruling Affirms Right of Students with Disabilities to Challenge Discrimination in Their Education
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
May 22, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Responds to House Passage of Reconciliation Bill that Cuts Medicaid, Harming Millions of People with Disabilities
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1, the so-called One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, that attacks civil liberties and cuts Medicaid by at least $600 bil...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
May 14, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Responds to House Committee Advancing Cuts to Medicaid
Following the advancement of the bill, Deirdre Schifeling, ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ chief political and advocacy officer, had the following reaction:
"Despite people flooding the committee room, phone...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
May 12, 2025
Disability Rights and Privacy Advocates Raise Concerns with Proposed Autism “Registryâ€
Letter to RFK, Jr. Details Risks of Surveillance, Stigmatization, and Marginalization
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Privacy & Technology

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