In light of the recent announcement that the Obama Administration intends to utilize the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Representative Payee database to feed the names of people with psychiatric disabilities…
…Dear Chairman Johnson: On behalf of the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) and allied organizations, we write to communicate our support for H.R. 3516. NDLA is a coalition of 14…
…affect us – whether it’s healthcare, education, or another policy issue. Right now, our Senators and Representatives are in their home states on a recess until the end of August….
…the House Committee on Education and Labor voted H.R. 4247 out of committee with a vote of 35 to 10. Your hard work has certainly made a difference, but we…
…computer programs to help them make decisions, those computer programs can’t discriminate. “Medicaid Program: Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” — referred to as the “Medicaid Access Rule” or “Access Rule”…
…Committee’s workforce markup package. The Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (S.533) is a bill that would create competitive integrated employment opportunities for disabled people. This month, we celebrate the…
Are you interested in advocating on issues that matter to you and your community? Do you want to get involved in community organizing and policy advocacy, but are unsure where…
…gated communities or villages or apartment complexes or, my favorite, “neurodiverse intentional communities,” are springing up, eager to take in the first generation of developmentally disabled young adults who grew…
…pay for tax cuts somehow. They are coming for us now, and they will come for us again. And we’ll be ready for them. And we will keep fighting and…
…policies that affect us. We’ve worked hard to build the advocacy infrastructure our movement needs, fought back countless attacks on our community, and made sure our community has accessible tools…
