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Jul 19, 2022
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Comment on Education Department Guidance on Protecting Students with Disabilities From Discrimination
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance today reminding schools of their obligations under federal disability rights law to pr...
Issue Areas: Disability Rights
Jan 25, 2022
Federal Appeals Court Decision Ensures Iowa Schools Can Require Masking to Protect Students with Disabilities
DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today ruled that the Rehab Act requires schools to impose universal masking rules where necessary to ensure st...
Issue Areas: Disability Rights
Nov 22, 2021
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Asks Supreme Court to Review Georgia Law Permitting Executions of Persons with Intellectual Disability
WASHINGTON — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ filed a petition for certiorari today in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Rodney Young, a man incarcerated on Georgia’s death...
Issue Areas: Disability Rights Capital Punishment
Nov 19, 2021
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on House Passage of the Build Back Better Act
WASHINGTON — Julie Sweet, deputy national political director at the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, issued the following statement on the passage of the Build Back Better Act in ...
Issue Areas: Disability Rights Women's Rights Racial Justice
Nov 10, 2021
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, Disability Rights Groups Applaud CVS For Settling Case That Threatened Disability Rights
WASHINGTON — CVS announced today that it will withdraw CVS v. Doe from the Supreme Court docket. This is a major victory for the disability rights community, which has been press...
Issue Areas: Disability Rights
Oct 29, 2021
Disability Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Protections Against Disability Discrimination
WASHINGTON — Disability rights organizations filed friend-of-the-court briefs today urging the Supreme Court to uphold disability rights by rejecting CVS’s attempt to dismantle...
Issue Areas: Disability Rights
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