- General
Indiana Disability Rights Sues State for Failure to Provide Communications to Blind Beneficiaries
August 7, 2019
The lawsuit, filed in Indiana federal district court, alleges that Christopher and Sarah Meyers, siblings who are blind, lost their benefits when the DFR forced them to rely on other people to intercept and read their private information.
General - Community Integration
Disability Rights California Publishes Report on the Detention of Immigrant Children with Disabilities
July 26, 2019
The report is on the detention of immigrant children with disabilities in ORR contracted facilities.
Publication - Justice System
NDRN Joins Amicus in Solitary Confinement Case
July 19, 2019
NDRN joined an amicus authored by the firm Ropes and Gray pro bono supports a complaint filed by Disability Rights Montana, alleging that the Montana Dept. of Corrections violated the Eighth Amendment by providing inadequate mental health treatment, inappropriate discipline and placing prisoners with mental illness in solitary confinement.
Amicus Brief - Employment
House Passes Increase to the Minimum Wage, Ends Subminimum Wage for People with Disabilities
July 18, 2019
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and phase out section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, a provision that permits employers to pay some people with disabilities even less…
Press Release - Education
Joint Statement on Maintaining the Least Restrictive Environment Requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
July 18, 2019
A coalition of professional, legal and advocacy organizations met with ED Chief of Staff Nate Bailey, Acting General Counsel Reed Rubenstein and OSERS Assistant Secretary Johnny Collett to discuss what we considered to be an imminent threat of a policy reinterpretation of the LRE provisions, which is a cornerstone…
Statement
