- ADA & Civil Rights
Devaluing People with Disabilities: Medical Procedures that Violate Civil Rights
May 1, 2012
In a first of its kind study, NDRN determined that performing certain medical procedures or withholding life sustaining treatment in non-terminal situations without judicial review violates the civil rights of people with disabilities.
Publication - Employment
Beyond Segregated & Exploited: Update on the Employment of People with Disabilities
April 1, 2012
In reports released in 2011 and 2012, NDRN found a total failure of the disability service system to provide quality work for people with disabilities. These reports blast segregated work, sheltered environments and low wages for people with disabilities and highlight a massive breakdown between good federal and state…
Publication - Education
School is Not Supposed to Hurt: The U.S. Department of Education Must Do More to Protect School Children from Restraint and Seclusion
March 1, 2012
NDRN's report School is Not Supposed to Hurt: The U.S. Department of Education Must Do More to Protect School Children from Restraint and Seclusion makes recommendations to the Department of Education to reduce and prevent the use of restraint and seclusion on school children.
Publication - Community Integration
Keeping the Promise: True Community Integration and the Need for Monitoring and Advocacy
November 1, 2011
The report Keeping the Promise: True Community Integration and the Need for Monitoring and Advocacy summarizes two projects that monitored people with disabilities, many of whom were moving out of large institutions into homes in the community.
Publication - Employment
Segregated & Exploited: The Failure of the Disability Service System to Provide Quality Work
January 1, 2011
In reports released in 2011 and 2012, NDRN found a total failure of the disability service system to provide quality work for people with disabilities. These reports blast segregated work, sheltered environments and low wages for people with disabilities and highlight a massive breakdown between good federal and state…
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