This Labor Day, We Honor the Collective Labor of the Disability Rights & Justice Movement
(ADA Watch/CDRJ) Labor Day was never really about the people whose names end up on the plaque. It is about the work—the early mornings, the…
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Love and Disability Rights: Community Organizing During the War on Empathy
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“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best…
A Visual History of ADAPT’s Fight for Justice
ADAPT has a long history of successfully using targeted advocacy and activism to drive change, including as a critical driver of the passage of the…
Speaking Out Against Threats to All Marginalized People
ADAPT is an activist organization dedicated to tackling issues that impact the disability community, among them reforming the long-term care system, establishing a national home…
A Call to Unite in Protecting Disability Rights
Since its founding in 1982, The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) has advanced the rights of people with disabilities, envisioning a world in which…
Important Update: Private Equity’s Growing Control Over Disability Services
“Home and community-based services are essential for hundreds of thousands of Americans with disabilities. Private equity ownership imperils the effective delivery of these services and…
Don’t Forget the “A” in DEIA: Trump’s Attacks on DEI Target Disability Rights & Justice
President Donald Trump’s ongoing attacks against Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) initiatives are not just regressive—they actively undercut the hard-won dignity, rights, and protections…
Trump’s Executive Orders Target Accessibility and the Protections, Programs and Policies that People with Disabilities Depend Upon
President Donald Trump’s attacks on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) protections, programs and policies actively undermine the hard-won dignity, rights, and protections of people…
Don’t Mess with 504: Take Action to Protect Our Rights & Freedoms
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. It applies to organizations that receive federal…
ADA Watch Action Alert: Tell the Trump Administration to Stop Blaming People with Disabilities for Air Disaster
Contact the White House, Congress and other Leaders Now!President Trump and members of his Administration are unjustly blaming people with physical, psychiatric, and intellectual disabilities…
A “Resounding” Win for Disability Rights Advocates in Washington, D.C.
On December 31, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued “a resounding judgment” in the class action case Brown, et al…
ADA Watch Update: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Concerning ADA Protections
ADA Watch reported last June that the Supreme Court had granted review and would hear oral argument in Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida. On…