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Our civil rights are on the line RIGHT NOW – we need your calls!
In 1990, the ADA gave people with disabilities the legal right to access in our communities. 28 years later, businesses are still trying to avoid their responsibility to their disabled customers by lobbying for a bill called HR 620. This bill would erode our protections under the ADA and...
Posted in Action, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged action alert, Americans with Disabilities Act, HR 620, inclusion
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Sign up to be a Day of Mourning Vigil Site Coordinator
Site coordinators are a vital part of the Disability Day of Mourning. Site coordinators secure space in their communities to hold a vigil, do outreach to community members leading up to the vigil, and document their vigils through pictures or videos to honor those lost to filicide. To learn...
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Tagged day of mourning, dom, site coordinator sign up, vigil, vigil site coordinator, vigils
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It’s on us to stop this bill
We need you to act now. ACA repeal is back in the Senate, and it’s just as damaging as before. The latest bill still eliminates protections for people with pre-existing conditions, still slashes funding for the Medicaid services that people with disabilities rely on, and would still leave millions...
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Tagged action alert, affordable care act, health care, Medicaid
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You got their attention – now’s the time to speak up
In the last few months, we showed Congress just how powerful our voices are. Now that we have their attention, it’s important that we keep speaking out on issues that affect us – whether it’s healthcare, education, or another policy issue. Right now, our Senators and Representatives are in...
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