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What Happens When We Build for Everyone
CW: Segregation Planned residential communities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are often presented as a major improvement. The brochures come in bright colors. The language is comforting, full of promises of safety and independence. The word ‘choice’ is important, but it loses meaning when options are limited. For many disabled people and their…
Every Child Deserves a Classroom
CW: Ableism Rep. Steve Miller’s recent comments about special education hit hard. During a conversation about linking school funding to “outcomes,” he went further and questioned whether some disabled students should even receive an education. He stated plainly, “If a student has no future in some level of self-care, then I believe they need to…
A Fight for the Right to Live Free
CW: Institutionalization The battle for disability rights is heating up as Texas, Alaska, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, and South Dakota plan to file a lawsuit against a 2024 change in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulations related to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The lawsuit targets the federal government’s longstanding…
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