- COVID-19
Disability Rights Alaska Reaches Out to Governor about Medical Rationing Plan
April 2, 2020
Disability Rights Alaska wrote this letter to their Governor advocating for an anti-discrimination framework for the state’s medical rationing plan.
Letter - COVID-19
NDRN Joins Organizations to Ensure the Needs of People with Disabilities are Included in Congress’ Fourth COVID-19 Relief Bill
April 2, 2020
The letter urges Congress to focus on people with disabilities and their needs in the fourth COVID-19 relief bill.
Letter - COVID-19
NDRN Joins Organizations to Ensure that Transportation Service Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Do Not Discriminate Based on Disability
March 24, 2020
The letter calls on the Department of Transportation to ensure that transportation policies developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to do not discriminate based on disability.
Letter - COVID-19
Statement on Serving Students with Disabilities During COVID-19 Outbreak
March 23, 2020
COPAA, NASDSE, NDRN and National PLACE stand unified that the IDEA and all of the rights for students with disabilities conveyed in the law must remain in effect despite school closures occurring in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Press Release - COVID-19
Dept. of Education Publishes New Resource on Accessibility and Distance Learning Options
March 23, 2020
NDRN is grateful to ED for releasing "Supplemental Factsheet: Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities."
Statement