- Justice System
Disability Advocates Oppose Attorney General Sessions’ Mandatory Minimums Directive
May 16, 2017
WASHINGTON – NDRN Executive Director Curtis Decker made the following statement in response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ directive to federal prosecutors to charge nonviolent, low-level drug offenders with long, mandatory-minimum sentences
Press Release - General
American Health Care Act Sanctions Discrimination Against People with Disabilities
May 4, 2017
The passage of the American Health Care Act, and the Members who voted for it, chose to relegate people with disabilities to second class status when it comes to health insurance.
Press Release - ADA & Civil Rights
The Leadership Conference Opposes The ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017
April 27, 2017
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States, sent a letter to the hill in opposition to the ADA Education and Reform Act of…
Letter - ADA & Civil Rights
ADA Reform Bill Opposed by Hundreds of Disability, Civil and Human Rights Orgs
April 10, 2017
More than 200 disability, civil, human rights and faith based organizations wrote to Congress in opposition of the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 620).
Statement - Employment
NDRN Joins Amicus in Employment Case
April 5, 2017
NDRN joined the National Employment Lawyers Association in an amicus supporting leave for cancer treatment as a reasonable accommodation even when the extent and duration of leave was uncertain.
Amicus Brief