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Confirm Supreme Court Nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor

With the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee having set July 13th as the date for the start of confirmation hearings, ADA Watch’s president and founder, Jim Ward has indicated that Judge Sotomayor will receive the full support of ADA Watch, National Coalition for Disability Rights (NCDR) and many of their coalition partners. For nearly a decade, the ADA Watch coalition of national, state and local disability, mental health, education, civil rights and social justice organizations has educated the disability community and the general public regarding the impact of the judicial nominations process on the civil rights of people with physical, mental, developmental, sensory and cognitive disabilities.

Obama Judicial Nominee Draws Opposition From Disability Community

Judge Andre Davis’ Record Reveals Bias Against Workers with Disabilities

A national nonpartisan coalition of disability, civil rights and social justice organizations today announced their opposition to the confirmation of Judge Andre Davis, President Obama’s pick for a lifetime seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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“Special” Edition: President Obama and Special Olympics

ADA Watch was among the first disability publications to report on President Obama’s Tonight Show comparison of his bowling skills and Special Olympics last Thursday. Since then there have been countless news reports, editorials, columns, letters to the editor and more in the mainstream media and within the disability community.
In this post we have compiled a number of articles [...]

Judicial Nominee’s Troublesome Disability Rights Record

Please help protect disability rights by contacting Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Senator Benjamin L. Cardin and the White House regarding the following:
Maryland Sens. Mikulski and Cardin have confirmed that they recommended Maryland U.S. District Court Judge Andre M. Davis for an open position on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.The 4th Circuit is the court of [...]

National Agenda for Disability Rights

Hundreds of disability, civil rights and social justice organizations are uniting to promote shared values and goals for the disability rights movement. Help us create a common agenda for community organizing and coalition-building within the disability community. Contact us at info@ncdr.org to add your organization as a supporter of the National Agenda for Disability Rights.
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As supporters [...]

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Support Community Choice Act

The ADAPT Community wants you to Kick-Off the Introduction of the Community Choice Act on on March 24th! We want YOU to celebrate the introduction of the most important health care reform for people with disabilities in this country — Community Choice Act!

We intend to give all of you the opportunity to be connected directly to the chamber [...]

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