Action Alerts

This Autism Acceptance Month has had a busy start. The government is making lots of choices that can hurt disabled people. We want to make sure everyone knows what’s going on, and how to fight back. Robert F Kennedy Jr. (RFK for short) talked about autism in a meeting last Thursday. RFK is the head...

Table of Contents Words to Know  Budget Reconciliation– A way for Congress to pass some kinds of bills about funding faster. Budget Resolution– A plan for how Congress will spend federal money over the next few years. The budget resolution helps Congress set goals for spending and saving federal money. Congress – The part of...

The House and the Senate have agreed on a joint budget resolution. The Senate is voting on it this week. The House will vote on the resolution sometime next week. This resolution includes instructions that would lead to Medicaid cuts in the final budget reconciliation bill. It is important to call your Senator to tell...

Words to Know  Budget Reconciliation– A way for Congress to pass some kinds of bills about funding faster. Budget Resolution– A plan for how Congress will spend federal money over the next few years. The budget resolution helps Congress set goals for spending and saving federal money. Constituents– someone who lives in the place that...

We are deeply disappointed that Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr.’s nomination has moved out of the Senate Finance Committee. Now, the whole Senate will vote on whether he becomes Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). We need your help to stop the Senate from putting this dangerous opponent of science in...

Download this explainer as a PDF here. Listen to someone read this explainer out loud here. Words to know 14(c): A part of the Fair Labor Standards Act that says employers can pay disabled people less than minimum wage 14(c) certificate: A piece of paper that says certain employers are allowed to pay their disabled...

This year, we’ve worked together to push for the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) to pass. TCIEA (bill number H.R.1263) gives states and employers help to move disabled employees from sheltered workshops to competitive integrated employment opportunities. Competitive integrated employment (CIE) means a job where disabled people are paid a fair wage and...

This year, we’ve worked together to push for the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) to pass. TCIEA (bill number H.R.1263) gives states and employers help to move disabled employees from sheltered workshops to competitive integrated employment opportunities. Competitive integrated employment (CIE) means a job where disabled people are paid a fair wage and...

As of now, about 39,500 disabled people are paid less than minimum wage. About 88% of that group are in segregated workplaces. Segregation is when laws or rules keep different groups of people apart. Many disabled people don’t get to work with non-disabled people. Or, if they do work together, non-disabled people are the bosses...

Disabled people deserve to work at the same places and for the same pay as nondisabled people. This isn’t news — but in 2024, some of us are still being paid less than the minimum wage in segregated workplaces. This is called subminimum wage, and it most commonly happens in sheltered workshops. It is discrimination,...

On June 11th, section 722 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act passed at the subcommittee level. If this rider goes into effect, it would stop the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from banning the electric shock devices used at the Judge Rotenberg Center. Check out our plain...

Last week, we wrote to you about a bill that was being voted on in a subcommittee of the House of Representatives. The bill is the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Some Members of Congress added a new section to the bill, Section 722. If this bill becomes...