- COVID-19
Immigrants with Disabilities at Risk for COVID-19 in Detention Centers
May 5, 2020
NDRN calls on state and local officials to ensure that asylum seekers and other detainees with disabilities are not left behind in crowded and unsanitary conditions while others are being released and receive the services they require.
Press Release - ADA & Civil Rights
NDRN Joins Amicus in Public Accommodations Case
May 1, 2020
NDRN joined 16 disability rights organizations in an amicus brief in Landis v. Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Amicus Brief - COVID-19
Disability Rights Nebraska’s Advocacy Results in New Access Memo from State HHS
April 30, 2020
Nebraska P&A's advocacy led its state Health & Human Services Department to release a memo to healthcare providers which reiterates nondiscrimination principles and basic standards of accessibility.
Letter - ADA & Civil Rights
NDRN Joins Amicus in Accessible Shuttle Case
April 30, 2020
The Ninth Circuit in Guerra v. West Los Angeles College, reversed the district court in favor of plaintiffs ADA and Rehabilitation Act suit involving discontinuance of an accessible on-campus shuttle service.
Amicus Brief - COVID-19
NDRN Responds to Senators Collins and Bennet Call for Congressional Leaders to Make CARES Act Election Assistance Grants More Accessible for States
April 30, 2020
NDRN sent a letter to Senators Collins Bennet thanking them for urging Congressional Leadership to allow the EAC to waive the requirement that states must provide a 20% match for the $400 million in election assistance grants included in the CARES Act.
Letter
