- Health Care
NDRN Calls for FDA Ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices
May 29, 2024
For decades, disability professionals, provider associations, family groups, consumer-run organizations, State legislatures, and even the United Nations have unequivocally disavowed the use of contingent electric shock.
Letter - ADA & Civil Rights
New report details how private equity’s stranglehold on medical equipment industry hurts people with disabilities
November 15, 2023
In recent years, private equity (PE) firms have aggressively sought to acquire and control segments of the healthcare industry.
Press Release - Funding
NDRN Joins 134 Other Organizations Calling on Congress to Reject Provisions Restricting Access to Essential Health Care in Appropriations Bills
September 29, 2023
135 organizations wrote to Congress to urge them to reject any appropriations bills that contain riders that would restrict access to essential health care.
Letter - ADA & Civil Rights
Proposed HHS Rule Seeks to Strengthen Discrimination Protection for People with Disabilities
September 8, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a proposed rule to strengthen protections against discrimination in health care settings for people with disabilities. In response, NDRN Executive Director Marlene Sallo issued the following statement.
Statement - Education
Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities Comments on Proposed Rule Removing Requirement for Parental Consent to Access Health Care to Pay for Education Services
August 3, 2023
NDRN joined 26 other groups in submitting comments raising concerns with a proposed rule from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
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