An Assault on Community Integration Nine states sue to remove a barrier to long-term institutionalization, while psychiatric hospitals expand across America

#RobWipond 's #PsychForce reporting on ways the US #RehabilitationAct #RA is under attack now, and encouraging public resistance. Background and resource links all through. #ADA #Disability #Involuntary
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The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights "If we don't put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.”

In May, the #DepartmentOfEnergy quietly introduced a proposal to eliminate its longstanding requirement that new buildings receiving funds from the agency be accessible to disabled people, thanks to the #RehabilitationAct of 1980.

#DisabilityRights #MotherJones

Today we remember & appreciate the #504SitIn
In April 1977, #disabled activists occupied federal buildings for 26 days, demanding enforcement of Section 504 of the #RehabilitationAct. The first time disability was named in U.S. civil rights law.
#accountability.
Access isn’t a favour. It’s a right.

Disabled Americans fear losing protections if states’ lawsuit succeeds — The Washington Post An ongoing lawsuit challenges Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which legally mandates access and accommodations across wide swaths of the public.

#Government #DEI #Disability Section 504 of the #RehabilitationAct what you should know about this States case and your benefits!
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17 red states are suing to end federal disability protections. Here’s how you can support Section 504 GOP attorneys general want to undo more than 50 years of legal rights because a portion of disability law was expanded to cover gender dysphoria.

#MAGARepublican #AGs in 17 states, #AL, #AK, #AR, #FL, #GA, #IN, #IA, #KS, #LA, #MI, #MO, #NE, #SC, #SD, #TX, #UT, & #WV have sued #HHS, asking the courts to declare the #RehabilitationAct of 1973 unconstitutional. www.fastcompany.com/91281434/17-...

Check on your disabled loved ones & community members. We’re afraid for our lives. 💔♿️ #disability #disabilitytiktok #disabilityrights #disabilityadvocate #disabilitytok #disabledtiktoker #disabledcom... TikTok video by The Lady K

Disabled & chronically ill Americans are NOT exaggerating when we say our basic human rights are at risk. Listen. To. Us. We need abled allies stat!

#DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights #Section504 #DEIA #ADA #RehabilitationAct #USPolitics #Disability #Ableism #SocialJustice #Allyship