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Disability language! Protecting Medicaid! Long term supports and services! Texas v. Becerra & the fight for 504! New @aclu.orgAt Libery Podcast with @wkamaubell.bsky.social, @nicolejorwic.bsky.social and Zoe Brennan-Krohn. Check it out (transcript available): www.aclu.org/podcast/know...

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How to "help orgs, community members, and policymakers work together to advance disability justice. With the increasing dangers facing the disability community across the U.S., it is more important than ever for communities to collaborate to fight back." www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

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Call Call Call #ProtectMedicaid

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Yesterday's layoffs began the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. Join our webinar tomorrow, March 13 from 1 PM - 2 PM ET to learn more and hear from education policy experts and disabled students. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Today is a Save Medicaid Call-In Day! Lots of people will be calling Congress to tell them: NO cuts to Medicaid. Please use @autisticadvocacy.org's plain language Action Alert to learn how you can talk to your legislators about protecting Medicaid: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/03/tell... 1/2

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“I can’t even imagine that we might have to go back to a world like that.” Today, the #TexasVBecerra lawsuit and the fight to #Protect504 is featured in the @washingtonpost.com:

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Medicaid waivers let disabled people get help we need to eat, go to the doctor, go to work & more. Cuts to Medicaid are cuts to those freedoms. Calling them work requirements doesn’t change that. Meet with your officials. Our lives depend on it. Here’s how:

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What is Easy Read? Why should you write in Easy Read? And perhaps most importantly: how do you do it?! Our toolkit will answer these questions and more. Download now:

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Disability Justice = Housing Justice! This week, our Government Affairs Liaison, Carol Tyson (they/them), joined an action with housing advocates outside of HUD. Know Your Rights for Disabled Protestors: dredf.org/know-your-ri... Protesting While Disabled Pocket Guide: dredf.org/protesting-w...

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Ahead of tonight’s Joint Session of Congress we showed out in Sacramento alongside our partners at @dredf.bsky.social, @seiuca.bsky.social, @healthaccess.bsky.social, & @californiaalliance.bsky.social to call on Congress to protect Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security ✊ #ProtectMedicaid

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I wrote this for #Disability day Of Mourning in 2019 and it still holds. “The death of disabled people at the hands of loved ones is not a “mercy killing”-it’s a hate crime. It’s filicide.” #DDOM2025 rebecca-cokley.medium.com/how-to-show-...

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List of names we know: disability-memorial.org #DDOM

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Meetings with elected officials are one of the most important tools advocates have. Our elected officials work for us! Schedule a meeting with them. Show them who cuts to Medicaid and its programs hurt. Tell your representatives #HandsOff Medicaid. We’ve got tools to help:

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DREDF believes that Section 504 protects transgender people with disabilities, including a gender dysphoria diagnosis. The disability community includes transgender people, and disability justice cannot be achieved without trans people.

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#TexasVBecerra Case Update: No state Attorney General has withdrawn from the lawsuit at this time. We urge advocates in the 17 states to continue to contact their AG to ask them to drop the case to continue the campaign to #Protect504 More info: dredf.org/wp-content/u...

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The Implications of a 504 Rollback on Disability and Economic Justice | The Century Foundation tcf.org/content/comm...

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To clarify the role of the Department of Education, @americanprogress.bsky.social compiled answers to the frequently asked questions: www.americanprogress.org/article/freq...

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Explaining Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA), The Trump Administration’s Recent Actions on DEIA, and the Impact on Disabled Americans via @aapd-disability.bsky.social www.aapd.com/explaining-d...

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The annual Disability Day of Mourning virtual vigil will be happening March 1st. On Disability Day of Mourning, we remember those in our community lost to filicide. Learn more and join a vigil here: https://buff.ly/3EEegeO

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Resources from @dredf.bsky.social on the Section 504 lawsuit: • dredf.org/protect-504/ • FAQs docs.google.com/document/d/1... • all 50 Attorneys General contact info docs.google.com/document/d/e... • Disability community briefing webinar + transcript dredf.org/disability-c...

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Something that keeps getting thrown around, and will continue to with those $880 billion in cuts from the House bill—work requirements. Our latest #MedicaidMinute breaks them down. No matter what they’re called – work requirements, caps, etc – we won’t accept cuts to Medicaid! #SaveMedicaid

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Congress is rushing through cuts to Medicaid that will strip health insurance from millions – making our costs skyrocket. They need to hear from you to STOP THESE CUTS. 📞 Call your lawmaker now at 866-426-2631 and tell them reckless Medicaid cuts should be off the table.

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Medicaid is a lifeline for people with complex medical needs & disabilities – it covers therapy, medical equipment, and care at home instead of institutions. Join us: call 202-224-3121 to tell Congress #HandsOffOurMedicaid – don't cut our kids' lifeline to cover GOP tax breaks for the rich!

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Tell your members of Congress to keep their #HandsOffOurMedicaid! ¡Dígalas sus miembros del Congreso que mantengan sus #ManosFueraDeNuestroMedicaid! More information / más información: dredf.org/hands-off-ou...

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Having trouble getting through/phones slammed? This Day of Action hotline can make sure your message still gets through! Call 866-426-2631 and tell Congress #HandsOffOurMedicaid

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Join us on February 12 at 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET for a Disability Community Briefing on #TexasvBecerra — a lawsuit that threatens #Section504. Section 504 is a crucial disability rights law that ensures equal access to schools, healthcare, and more. Register: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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No, the FAA did not recruit people with intellectual disabilities to work as air traffic controllers. Despite what the President said about anti-discrimination programs. My story @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

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The president's false scapegoating of people with disabilities for last night's terrible plane crash over the Potomac is a cruel, politically opportunistic, and shameful act that only increases the harm and grief our nation is experiencing. Our hearts are with all those impacted by this tragedy.

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FAA employees with disabilities DID NOT cause the deadly crash at DCA. There is an ongoing investigation into the cause of the crash. Using this tragedy to further stigmatizeinclusive hiring is wrong & takes away the conversation and work we should be doing about transit safety.

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Friendly reminder that, as I wrote for @motherjones.com, "school choice" often ends up hurting disabled kids as private schools don't have to follow IEPs/504s. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Thanks to @aapd-disability.bsky.social for this great resource with the most up-to-date information on the Federal Funding Freeze and its impact on people with disabilities: www.aapd.com/federal-fund...

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White House Halt to Federal Financial Assistance Threatens Lives of People with Disabilities. Learn how to take action now: dredf.org/white-house-...

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Want to learn what Medicaid is, how it helps people with disabilities, or how we fought Medicaid cuts in 2017 (and how we can stop them again)? Check out our recording of our webinar, “What is Medicaid and what how can we save it — again?”

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"California must prioritize older adults in homelessness prevention and housing preservation, and restoration efforts," says a letter which 126 organizations signed onto, including @justiceinaging.org, @disabilityrightsca.bsky.social, and @dredf.bsky.social. justiceinaging.org/letter-newso...

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Protect Independent Living Funding: Stop the Freeze on Federal Programs NCIL is aware of the news that the Trump Administration has issued a “Temporary Pause on Agency Grants, Loans and other Financial Assistance Programs.” You Can Help. Read more: bit.ly/4jCSCHN Take action: bit.ly/4g8sx0X

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Hi! For a @motherjones.com piece, looking to briefly talk to someone who receives care through Home Based Community Services Waiver–including any concerns you have on the program due to changes to Medicaid. My email to get in touch is [email protected] (or Dm me!). Reposts appreciated.

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By @metrauxjulia.bsky.social "Project 2025’s Plan to Dismantle Public Education—And Screw Over Disabled Kids" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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I wrote about how neighbors can play a role in helping disabled and aging people plan for and evacuate when wildfires hit at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/environment/...

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Decisions around public transportation planning needs to include having people with disabilities, especially non-drivers, at the table www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/11/o...

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Did you know that it’s still legal to pay disabled people less than minimum wage? We have another chance to change that, and we need your help! Learn more and take action: https://buff.ly/4fqw8Xq

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@dredf.bsky.social selfadvocacyinfo.org/2025-fellows... Only 5 more days til SARTAC fellowship applications are DUE on Jan 17th . Apply Now . Project ideas ex toolkits on housing, healthcare, legislative advocacy, HCBS, Transit, Self Direction, Person Centeredness etc

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100 groups–including @nyclu.bsky.social, @thepeoplescdc.bsky.social, @jews4maskrights.bsky.social, @longcovidfam.bsky.social, and @dredf.bsky.social–signed onto a letter calling on New York state legislators to reject a mask ban. www.nyclu.org/uploads/2025...

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I reported on what's at stake if Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans follow through on Project 2025's plan to dismantle the federal Department of Education at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Tell the Department of Labor to #EndSubminimumWage by submitting a public comment on their proposed rule! Comments due 1/17/25. Learn more:

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Our new toolkit for legal advocates in California outlines how disability rights laws can protect unhoused disabled individuals from discriminatory enforcement. Check out it on our website now: dredf.org/legal-advoca...

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In case you missed it: On December 18, the US Department of Transportation issued a groundbreaking final rule adopting the Access Board’s Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines as part of its Americans with Disabilities Act standards for transit stops in public spaces.

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Today marks a major milestone in improving air travel for people with disabilities. The new DOT rules will require airlines to provide timely assistance + proper care for wheelchairs. DREDF will continue our work to make sure these rules are followed. Our full statement: dredf.org/dredf-applau...

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