A Texas lawsuit including 17 red States is attempting to remove Section 504, a critical disability protection “It prohibits discrimination based on disability in programs & activities that receive federal funding” If successful this will be a major blow to disabled rights, accessibility & autonomy - ThreadSky

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social • 7 days ago

A Texas lawsuit including 17 red States is attempting to remove Section 504, a critical disability protection

“It prohibits discrimination based on disability in programs & activities that receive federal funding”

If successful this will be a major blow to disabled rights, accessibility & autonomy

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rafalehigh97.bsky.social•6 days ago

What is the benefit of these people going after disabilities this bad?

broadwaybabyto.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cost savings I suspect. Its eugenics. They don’t want to pay for us. They only want “economically active” people.

rafalehigh97.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sad

amjadabdulmajid.bsky.social•7 days ago

The savagery of capitalism and the crushing of the poor and even the middle class in favor of the wealthy is blatantly evident in Republican eras, particularly in the current Trumpian era.

notkoze.trashmammal.club•7 days ago

Thank you for sharing! I am in one of those aforementioned states (Georgia) and I love my trans and disabled (oftentimes with a generous crossover) and want to see them thrive as well as any abled or cisgender person.

I’ll make sure to make phone calls this week.

countnathrakh.bsky.social•7 days ago

So done with the idiocrats.

tamrg.bsky.social•7 days ago

It threatens Section 504 entirely. Including 504 plans. In all 50 states. AGs are lying saying it doesn’t. It explicitly does.

bigbadwolf4life.bsky.social•7 days ago

What the hell is wrong with Texas? Like come on.

real-cup-o-joe.bsky.social•7 days ago

This is just another attack on disability rights. Period.

I live in a blue state with a son who was on a 504 plan. Even here, we had to fight like hell to get the school to follow the law.

This would be devastating.

gatorpond.bsky.social•7 days ago

something to bear in mind that needs addressing: they're doing this under the guise of transphobia. the bill states all of this is to protect children from "transvestitism, transsexualism... and gender identity disorders..."