- Education
Joint Statement on Maintaining the Least Restrictive Environment Requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
July 18, 2019
A coalition of professional, legal and advocacy organizations met with ED Chief of Staff Nate Bailey, Acting General Counsel Reed Rubenstein and OSERS Assistant Secretary Johnny Collett to discuss what we considered to be an imminent threat of a policy reinterpretation of the LRE provisions, which is a cornerstone…
Statement - Census
Disability Community Highlighted at Senate Hearing on Census 2020
July 16, 2019
During a Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs hearing entitled "2020 Census: Conducting a Secure and Accurate Count," Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) asked the Census Bureau Director, Dr. Steven Dillingham, questions related to people with disabilities.
General - Census
Census 2020 will Not Include a Citizenship Question
July 12, 2019
Yesterday afternoon, President Trump announced that the 2020 Census will not include a citizenship question, following the Supreme Court’s decision on June 27th to block the addition of the question until the Department of Commerce provided a better justification for adding the question to next year’s census form.
Press Release - Community Integration
Disability Rights Florida Monitors Facility Housing Unaccompanied Migrant Children
July 11, 2019
In a new video, Disability Rights Florida attorney Peter Sleasman describes what led these children to end up in U.S. custody and what he observed during the P&A’s monitoring of the Homestead facility.
General - Community Integration
When Nicholas’ Services were Cut, Disability Rights Ohio Helped Get them Restored
July 8, 2019
Nicholas was excited when he received an Individual Options (IO) waiver so he could live in his community with his brother and sister-in-law.But then he and his family had difficulties finding service providers that could give him the 24/7 care he needed. When his county's Board of Developmental Disabilities…
General
