We are outraged at the sudden and last minute delay of long awaited ADA Title II guidance requiring clear consistent digital access standards so disabled people can participate in civic life. How long should disabled students wait to access their Zoom classes? Or telehealth?
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Are you in Denver? You're invited to our Spring Cocktail Hour June 9th at 5:30pm. Details and registration for this free event here: buff.ly/YZqi8fs
Many thanks to Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC for generously hosting this event and for providing the beer and wine.
Special Delivery! Our Spring E-Newsletter has arrived! You'll get links to great news coverage, an invitation to an exciting Denver cocktail hour in June, and tips for traveling safely in airports with increased ICE presence. Haven't signed up? Click here: buff.ly/7uwAKoB
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DLU is tapping into a powerful, often overlooked tool in immigrant justice: the ADA. Read this important piece from Truthout featuring our own Laura Murchie, who is advocating with disabled immigrants and those harmed by an inhumane system. buff.ly/Mr0QgSq
#ImmigrantJustice #DisabilityRights #ADA
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DLU recently submitted a public comment raising serious concerns about a new immigration rule that would speed up the appeals process and make it easier for immigration cases to be dismissed quickly, putting immigrants at risk of immediate deportation. Read more here: buff.ly/pPLL4pg
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Disability Law United is thrilled to welcome Ann Hynek to our Board!
Ann Hynek is the Founder of Hestia Wealth and Wellness, specializing in comprehensive financial and life planning for families navigating the complex world of special needs and intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
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Avirmed, a Deaf, nonverbal asylum seeker from Mongolia, spent 5 months in immigration detention without access to a Mongolian Sign Language (MSL) interpreter.
Read more in this great article by the Disability Justice Project:disabilityjusticeproject.org/news/a-direct-threat-to-...
Check out Strict Scrutiny (audioboom.com/posts/888036...) today, and catch a shout out to DLU and our work using disability claims to fight for immigrant justice, criminal justice, environmental justice, and more.
#DisabilityIsOurSuperpower
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Text: On Monday 3/30, check out Strict Scrutiny, the podcast breaking down the Supreme Court cases that define civil rights in America. If you're already listening, you'll be hearing about DLU's work using disability law to challenge systemic harm in immigration, policing, prisons, and disaster response. Tell a friend.
This Monday (3/30), tune in to Strict Scrutiny—the podcast unpacking the Supreme Court cases shaping civil rights in America. They’ll be spotlighting DLU’s work using disability law to challenge systemic harm across immigration, policing, prisons, and disaster response.
Help spread the word!
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What You can do to Help Protect Yourself with Heightened ICE Enforcement at Airports: - Disable face ID/Fingerprints on your phone - Print out your boarding pass - Decline biometric scanning if you are a US citizen - Have an advanced plan with friends/family, ensure people know you are traveling and your likely timing/whereabouts - Take Steps to make your private chats more secure using apps like Signal
- Be aware that people picking you up and dropping you off may be subjected to questioning. - Have a quick info card you can keep on you when walking through the security scanner. Include phone numbers for emergency legal support. - Optional: Back up your phone to the cloud prior to travel. Then, delete social media, notes, and email apps from your mobile phone before entering the airport/ You can restore apps after travels.
✈️ Know Your Rights.
With increased ICE presence reported in airports, it’s important to stay informed and prepared—especially for people with disabilities who may face additional barriers during travel. Here are key tips to help protect yourself and your loved ones. #KnowYourRights #AirportSafety
This week, DLU staff are attending the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium in Baltimore. If you're going, send us a message - our team would love to connect!
Learn more about the symposium: buff.ly/U1qg7Vz
#DisabilityJustice #CivilRights #Accessibility #LegalAdvocacy #Justice #Inclusion
We are so thrilled to have been able to support this vital cause!
Together we are more powerful than hate!
Check out this fantastic webinar by our friends at @charliejane.bsky.social Happening tomorrow!
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Fandom really shows up 💙 Huge thanks to Fandom Trumps Hate for choosing DLU as an auction recipient! Their community comes together to support great causes through fanworks—and they’ve raised thousands for disability justice 🙌
Check out: buff.ly/SvGBbhS
#FandomTrumpsHate #DisabilityJustice
ICE deported a 6-year-old child to Colombia last week — and REFUSED to let family members hand over the child's HEARING AIDS during detention, leaving this boy without language access during a traumatic experience.
This isn't an oversight. It's a disability rights violation.
The time tax for disabled people is real. As more people learn about the different ways their bodies and minds work, and what supports their thriving, we can do better as a society by making time. Time to be disabled. Time to be nondisabled. Time to be human.
The recent Medicaid cuts, which handed an unprecedented amount of wealth from the most vulnerable Americans to the richest, are forcing heartbreaking decisions for disabled people and their families.
U.S. Border Patrol dropped Nurul Amin Shah Alam - a Rohingya refugee & non-English speaker with very low vision - alone at a coffee shop miles from his home in Buffalo — and told no one, including his family or his attorney.
He was found dead five days later.
This is why we fight.
Hot take: The next decade can bring a flourishing of disabled power like the world has never seen - if we collectively choose to make it happen. As technology increases disabled engagement in public life, now is the time to fight for fair, inclusive technology infrastructure.
Whether someone's mind or body can produce any one outcome or be monetized for gain is not the measure of an individual. A society that treats its members as widgets to exploit or discard is weak in the only currency that matters; human flourishing.
Build a disabled future. www.dlunited.org
Proud of our staff attorney Laura Murchie, and her work representing Mr. Avirmed, a deaf asylum seeker who was detained by ICE and denied his rights to language access in violation of the law.
🚨 PDX Person-Centered Emergency Preparedness 🚨
Worried about being ready when disaster strikes? You’re not alone.
Join us on February 17 from 4:30–6:30 PM (PST) for a community-centered conversation on emergency preparedness — designed with disabled people at the center.
Proud of our attorney Kate Thorstad, here laying out why disability and climate justice are interconnected and what we can do -
A disproportionate number of the people who died in the LA Fires a year ago were disabled. This didn’t have to happen. Governments are required to provide for the access needs of the disability community. We demand they keep that promise by suing them when they fail. Help support our work!
The presence of ICE officers in our cities is a threat to the safety of disabled and nondisabled people. Ms. Rahman's testimony is important to listen to
Happy thursday!
This is a reminder that despair is the weapon of the enemy, designed to keep you paralyzed.
Right this minute there are kickass disability activists fighting for inclusion, dignity, and civil society. Never give up - we won't:)
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📣 Join our Staff Attorney, Laura Murchie, for a powerful IRAP webinar:
Resisting on Multiple Fronts: Refugees & Migrants with Disabilities in Trump 2.0
🗓 Jan 29 | ⏰ 12–2pm ET
ASL, live captions & Spanish interpretation provided.
🔗 Register now!
We secured several landmark legal victories in the courts. And we expanded our national reach, with a full-time staff of 9 working in 7 states, and with active or pending cases in several more.
Thank you for standing with us in this fight.
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