- Education
Foster Despair: Improving Access to Education Services for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities in State Custody
November 1, 2013
NDRN released a Foster Despair during National Foster Care Month 2014. Each May serves as a reminder that there are many children with disabilities who do not receive appropriate education because they are placed in congregate care or other institution-type settings rather than with foster families.
Publication - Community Integration
All Aboard (Except People with Disabilities): Amtrak’s 23 Years of ADA Compliance Failure
October 1, 2013
A review of Amtrak stations found 95% have major barriers preventing people with disabilities from using the nations rail system. NDRN and the P&A Network reviewed 94 stations in 25 states and the District of Columbia.Most of the stations reviewed were found to have one or more architectural barriers…
Publication - ADA & Civil Rights
Devaluing People with Disabilities: Medical Procedures that Violate Civil Rights
May 1, 2012
In a first of its kind study, NDRN determined that performing certain medical procedures or withholding life sustaining treatment in non-terminal situations without judicial review violates the civil rights of people with disabilities.
Publication - Employment
Beyond Segregated & Exploited: Update on the Employment of People with Disabilities
April 1, 2012
In reports released in 2011 and 2012, NDRN found a total failure of the disability service system to provide quality work for people with disabilities. These reports blast segregated work, sheltered environments and low wages for people with disabilities and highlight a massive breakdown between good federal and state…
Publication - Education
School is Not Supposed to Hurt: The U.S. Department of Education Must Do More to Protect School Children from Restraint and Seclusion
March 1, 2012
NDRN's report School is Not Supposed to Hurt: The U.S. Department of Education Must Do More to Protect School Children from Restraint and Seclusion makes recommendations to the Department of Education to reduce and prevent the use of restraint and seclusion on school children.
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