July 12, 2019
On July 9, 2019, the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in the latest lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The three-judge panel critically questioned the lawyers defending the ACA, leaving advocates concerned that the circuit court may uphold the district court ruling invalidating the health care law.
December 19, 2018
On December 18, the Trump Administration's Federal Commission on School Safety released its recommendation to remove 2014 guidance issued by the Education Department and the Department of Justice to eliminate disparities in school discipline. This guidance came about after a comprehensive review and study and talking extensively to all stakeholders seeking to interrupt the disgraceful and disproportionate suspension of students of color and disabled students from school.
To California disability advocates:
Just about everyone knows that Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft nearly always fail to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles (WAVs).
Though too few of us know that California Senator Jerry Hill has a bill to change that!
While TNCs have provided access to many in the disability community, especially for Deaf and Blind individuals, what is currently lacking—and what SB 1376 addresses—is the lack of TNC access for wheelchair [...]
June 19, 2018
The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) unambiguously opposes Trump administration policies that forcibly remove children from immigrant parents and places them in detention camps at the United States-Mexico border.
June 18, 2018
Just about everyone knows that Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft nearly always fail to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles (WAVs).
But far too few of us know that California Senator Jerry Hill has a bill to change that!
May 29, 2018
California Senate Bill 1190 would compensate survivors involuntary sterilized under California's eugenics program between 1909 and 1979.
February 13, 2018
People across the nation are taking to social media to send the message #HandsOffMyADA. It’s up to us to show Congress and the rest of America that the ADA is worth protecting because nobody should be left out or forced to wait for equal access. Any bill that tries to change that must be stopped.
February 8, 2018
Next Wednesday, February 14 or Thursday, February 15, the House of Representatives is likely to vote on H.R. 620, a dangerous bill that seeks to reverse nearly three decades of civil rights protections for people with disabilities. H.R. 620 not only allows equal access violators to keep breaking the law, it rewards them for it!
February 7, 2018
Big business is trying to bamboozle the House and the American public into an unnecessary law misleadingly titled the "ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017" (H.R.620) that would make it even harder for disabled Americans who have been "holding it," waiting to use the same restrooms, shop at the same department stores, and eat at the same restaurants as our non-disabled friends and family members, for almost 30 years!
December 4, 2017
The House and the Senate need to reconcile differences found in their version of the different tax bills by going to conference. They can also decide to forego that process and simply vote on the Senate version instead. We're told that House Representatives could vote as early as TODAY, Monday, December 4th.