- Fires, Disasters & Emergencies
Fire Protection Standards Put People with Disabilities at Risk
June 6, 2017
WASHINGTON – NDRN is deeply concerned that current fire codes violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and put people with disabilities at greater risk of injury in an emergency.
Press Release - Employment
Congress Proposes End to Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities in Raise the Wage Act
May 25, 2017
WASHINGTON – NDRN applauds the introduction of the Raise the Wage Act which ends the arcane practice of paying people with disabilities less than the minimum wage and raised the federal minimum wage for all American workers.
Press Release - Education
Trump Education Budget Asks Students with Disabilities to Give Up Their Civil Rights
May 24, 2017
WASHINGTON – On May 23rd the Trump Administration proposed a budget that guts key programs under the Every Student Succeeds Act that provide crucial services to schools, such as counselors and after school programs. The budget also slashes Medicaid funds that public school districts rely upon to provide services…
Press Release - 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.
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