- Justice System
NDRN Joins in Amicus in Support of a Petition for Cert in a Capital Punishment Case
August 21, 2019
NDRN joined an amicus by Disability Rights Florida and the Bazelon Center in support of a petition for certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court in seeking habeas relief in a death penalty case.
Amicus Brief - Community Integration
Disability Rights Florida Publishes Follow-up Monitoring Report on the Homestead Shelter
August 16, 2019
Homestead houses immigrant children who arrive at the U.S. border without an adult parent or guardian.
Publication - General
NDRN’s Opposes Proposal to Dangerously Weaken the Nondiscrimination Provisions of ACA
August 13, 2019
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed a change in the rules governing nondiscrimination protections of the Affordable Care Act that would harm individuals with disabilities and their family members.
General - General
Trump Rule Will Harm Immigrants with Disabilities
August 12, 2019
Earlier today, DHS released the final "public charge" rule, which changes the current standards used to determine legal permanent residence eligibility. The new rule dramatically increases the scope of who would be considered a public charge and thereby excludable, if he or she is likely to depend on government…
General - 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.
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