- ADA & Civil Rights
115 Civil and Human Rights groups letter opposing the ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services Act (ACCESS Act) H.R. 77
December 30, 2022
Before the start of the 118th Congress in January 2023, 115 Civil and Human Rights Organizations sent a letter…
Letter - ADA & Civil Rights
87 Civil and Human Rights groups send letter of opposition to the ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services Act (ACCESS Act)
July 26, 2022
In July 2022 around the anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 87 Civil and Human…
Letter - COVID-19
NDRN Calls on USDA to Expand the SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot Program
April 13, 2020
The letter urges USDA to expand SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot program to all states and territories and extend eligibility…
Letter - COVID-19
Disability Rights Texas Launches Online Reasonable Accommodation Creator Tool
October 5, 2020
This new online tool was recently launched by Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) to help people with disabilities generate their…
General - ADA & Civil Rights
NDRN Expresses Strong Opposition to “The Online Accessibility Act” (H.R. 8478)
October 14, 2020
The letter expresses strong opposition to “The Online Accessibility Act” (H.R. 8478) and urges Congress not to enact this…
Letter - Mental Health
Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds Involuntary Medication Law to Restore Competency Violates U.S. Constitution
June 13, 2019
NDRN, Disability Rights Wisconson, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers…
Amicus Brief - Justice System
NDRN Joins Organizations Urging the Senate to Restore Voting Rights
April 19, 2021
The DRA would end the permanent denial of voting rights for individuals with criminal convictions nationwide.
Letter - COVID-19
Senators Urge Leadership to Provide Additional Funding for the P&As
July 2, 2020
The letter urges Senate leadership to provide a minimum of $30 million in financial support to the Developmental Disabilities…
Letter - COVID-19
Disability Rights New York Files Lawsuit Challenging NY’s Absentee Voter Process
May 28, 2020
DRNY filed a lawsuit, with Disability Rights Advocates and Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP, against NYS Board of Election…
Litigation and Legal Decisions - Voting
Blocking the Ballot Box: Ending Misuse of the ADA to Close Polling Places
January 30, 2020
Voters across the country are still being denied equal access to the ballot box and this includes voters with…
Publication - Community Integration
Desperation without Dignity: Conditions of Children Placed in For Profit Residential Facilities
October 14, 2021
This report provides a comprehensive review of investigations by the nation’s Protection and Advocacy agencies and others in eighteen…
Publication - Education
Orphanages, Training Schools, Reform Schools and Now This? Recommendations to Prevent the Disproportionate Placement and Inadequate Treatment of Children with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System
April 12, 2023
Children with disabilities are disproportionately placed in the juvenile justice system, receive inadequate treatment and are denied educational opportunities.
Publication - Census
Count Everyone, Include Everyone: The Need for Disability Inclusion and Representation in Federal Data
October 20, 2021
People with disabilities are in every community, and it is long overdue that federal data collection and calculations do…
Publication - COVID-19
NDRN Joins the CCD Rights Task Force to Express Strong Support for Key Provisions of the HEROES Act
June 16, 2020
The letter calls on Congress to support key provisions of the HEROES Act and urges the Senate to act…
Letter - COVID-19
NDRN Joins CCD and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to Urge the Development of a Bar Admissions Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
October 6, 2020
The letter urges the development of a bar admissions response to the COVID-19 pandemic that ensures the equitable treatment…
Letter - Community Integration
Disability Rights California Publishes Report on Immigration Detention
March 5, 2019
The report is on their investigation into conditions at the Adelanto Detention Center focused on the treatment of immigration…
Publication - Employment
Unfinished Business
October 28, 2021
Reflections on National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Statement Disability Rights Ohio Works to Stop the Spread in Jails and Prisons
April 17, 2020
The Ohio P&A sent letters to their Governor advocating that action be taken to stop the spread of COVID-19…
Letter- COVID-19
NDRN Joins Seven Disability Rights Organizations in Amicus Brief Responding to Alabama’s Emergency Motion to the U.S. Supreme Court Seeking to Stop Counties from Offering Curbside Voting
October 21, 2020
NDRN joined the American Diabetes Association and several other disability rights organizations in an amicus in Merrill v. People…
Amicus Brief - Justice System
New Report Provides Strategies to Combat Mis-Incarceration of Children with Disabilities
October 21, 2019
The findings in "Probation Referral: Model for Diversion of Children and Youth with Disabilities from the Juvenile Justice System"…
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