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  • P&A Advocacy

    What’s Going On With Disability Programs in the President’s Budget?

    April 17, 2026

    In this letter, mental health and substance use recovery advocates, along with disability rights organizations, are urging Congress to reject the SAVE America Act. Instead, they advocate for protecting and expanding access to the vote for people with disabilities. They stress that voting is a basic right and that…

    Statement
  • ADA & Civil Rights

    Disability Rights Nebraska Receives 2025 Advocacy Award

    June 5, 2025

    Through determined and strategic efforts, the DRNE team has helped bring to light two major systemic civil rights violations in Nebraska—both now the focus of action by the U.S. Department of Justice. The first involves the unnecessary segregation of individuals with serious mental illness, and the second concerns discriminatory…

    General
  • General

    Disability Rights Maine Receives 2025 Advocacy Award

    June 2, 2025

    In a remote part of Maine, an individual with a representative payee was subjected to horrific conditions, neglect, and financial exploitation. Thanks to the swift and determined action of DRME, this individual is now safe and receiving the support and services they deserve. 

    General
  • Funding

    National Disability Radio: Spilling the Tea on All Things

    May 29, 2025

    NDRN's Deputy Executive Director for Public Policy Eric Buehlmann came on the podcast to explain what's going on with the budget and how it impacts the funding NDRN and the Protection and Advocacy network receives.

    Podcast
  • Education

    Court of Appeals of Maryland Upholds “No Suspension” from School as Condition of Juvenile Probation

    March 3, 2022

    Disability Rights Maryland, NDRN, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) and several Maryland disability organizations filed an amicus in support of plaintiff

    Amicus Brief
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