Congress is considering letting enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expire at the end of this year. These credits have lowered #healthcare premiums for millions of Americans, driving uninsured rates to historic lows. Take Action Today! ⬇️ www.disabilitybelongs.org/2025/10/aca-...

Affordable healthcare makes independent living possible. Enhanced ACA premium tax credits expire on Dec. 31, 2025. Disabled people and their families could face higher premiums or lose coverage. Take action before open enrollment begins November 1. #HealthCoverageForAll #ACAPremiumCredits

Congress is considering letting enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expire at the end of this year. These credits have lowered #healthcare premiums for millions of Americans, driving uninsured rates to historic lows. Take Action Today! ⬇️ www.disabilitybelongs.org/2025/10/aca-...

Cuts to the Dept. of Education aren’t just numbers—they directly affect students with #disabilities and their access to essential supports. Reducing funding and staff threatens IDEA protections, special education services, and the equity that ensures all students can thrive. #SpecialEducation #IDEA

Take a few minutes to contact your two Senators and your Member of the House of Representatives. Urge them to fully fund IDEA and oppose any legislation aimed at downsizing or reducing resources for the Department of Education. For templates and contact information, visit the link below!

AAPD is proud to join this statement with leading autism orgs, calling for the government to make decisions based on quality science and compassion for the autism community. Autistic people deserve respect and support, not pseudoscience and stigma. www.aapd.com/autism-group...

An assault on #Disability Rights: "Federal offices and programs that insure equal treatment are being shuttered and scaled back...." www.newyorker.com/news/deep-st...

Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

When it comes to our rights as people with disabilities, our impact is stronger when we vote in all elections that we are eligible to vote in, including local and state elections. Every year is an election year, so learn more about how to get involved at www.DisabilityBelongs.org/vote #Disability

It's Disability Voting Rights Week! 1 in 4 American voters are people with disabilities. Accessible methods, such as mail-in ballots and accessible voting machines, are how some disabled voters cast their ballot. Access to these methods must be protected and expanded, not restricted. #Disability

Every year is an election year that matters. Five Ways to Amplify Disabled Voices in Non-Election Years www.disabilitybelongs.org/2025/08/ampl...

Protecting these programs is not a partisan issue. People with disabilities live in every community across the country and reflect all political backgrounds and affiliations. Read more ⬇️

Protecting these programs is not a partisan issue. People with disabilities live in every community across the country and reflect all political backgrounds and affiliations. Read more ⬇️

Congress must act swiftly during funding negotiations to protect the independence, health, and well-being of people with #disabilities by including explicit protections for Medicaid, SNAP, and ACA beneficiaries in any forthcoming continuing resolution or appropriations bill.

$187B in #SNAP cuts will hit millions, raise grocery costs, and threaten free school meals. Congress must act now—cosponsor the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025 to undo these devastating cuts. Take Action today. ⬇️

FY 2026 budget eliminates critical higher education & transition programs that serve students w/#disabilities. Combined with broader dept. downsizing, reductions could curtail the Dept’s ability to enforce IDEA & support vulnerable students. Take Action: www.disabilitybelongs.org/2025/07/doe-...

ICYMI: On Friday the Department of Labor extended the comment period on rescissions to Section 503. The new deadline is Sep 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT. Submit your comment today!

"The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund @dredf.bsky.social condemns law enforcement targeting and killing of disabled people and calls for solidarity from the disability community and justice for all those impacted." dredf.org/dredf-agains...

🚨 The "Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets" EO isn't about making life safer it's about expanding forced institutionalization and involuntary commitment, criminalizing homelessness, defunding proven programs, expanding surveillance & undermining civil rights protections. Take Action Now!

🚨 Take Action and Submit a Public Comment Today! Section 503 is one of the strongest tools to make sure federal contractors hire, retain, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities. Submit a comment to the federal register BEFORE 09/02/25 opposing rule changes. F.M.I and How to Submit ⬇️

"The move to drop the 7% goal for federal contractors...will only make it harder for people with disabilities — a traditionally underemployed population — to find work, said @mariatown.bsky.social, president and CEO of the @aapd.com. www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/08/29/l...

🚨 Take Action and Submit a Public Comment Today! Section 503 is one of the strongest tools to make sure federal contractors hire, retain, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities. Submit a comment to the federal register BEFORE 09/02/25 opposing rule changes. F.M.I and How to Submit ⬇️

🚨 The "Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets" EO isn't about making life safer it's about expanding forced institutionalization and involuntary commitment, criminalizing homelessness, defunding proven programs, expanding surveillance & undermining civil rights protections. Take Action Now!

Tell OFCCP to keep Section 503 enforcement mechanisms clear and strong! Submit your comment by September 2nd to support disability employment: www.disabilitybelongs.org/2025/08/sect... (2/2)

The OFCCP has proposed changes to Section 503 of the Rehab Act that: • Eliminate the current goal which asks federal contractors to aim for at least 7% of their workforce to be #disabled people • Stop requiring that applicants and employees are asked to voluntarily self-identify as disabled. (1/2)

The "Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets" Executive Order expands forced institutionalization and involuntary commitment, criminalizes homelessness, defunds proven programs, expands surveillance, and undermines civil rights protections.

July 24 Executive Order isn’t about safety—it targets #disabled & unhoused people with forced institutionalization. Take Action Now. www.disabilitybelongs.org/2025/08/acti...

1/ When voting is out of reach for disabled people, it’s not just a disability issue—it’s a democracy issue. #DisabilityJustice #VotingRights

“Eliminating this option through an executive order would not only be unconstitutional, it would add to the barriers many disabled voters already face, from inaccessible polling places to health risks. Elected leaders should be expanding accessible voting options, not dismantling them.”

To be clear: you can’t strip health care from millions without horrible consequences. This isn’t abstract policy — it means people will skip treatment, go without life-saving medicines, and face health crises alone. The result? Many preventable deaths. That’s the undeniable truth.

To be clear: you can’t strip health care from millions without horrible consequences. This isn’t abstract policy — it means people will skip treatment, go without life-saving medicines, and face health crises alone. The result? Many preventable deaths. That’s the undeniable truth.

Every election shapes the systems that impact our lives. Read our newest blog post to learn about five ways to stay involved and help ensure that disabled voices are heard, valued, and represented outside of presidential election years! #Disability #Disabled #CripTheVote

There’s no serious debate: you can’t strip health care from millions without consequences. This isn’t abstract policy — it means people will skip treatment, go without medicine & face crises alone. The result? Many preventable deaths. That’s the undeniable reality. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

There’s no serious debate: you can’t strip health care from millions without consequences. This isn’t abstract policy — it means people will skip treatment, go without medicine & face crises alone. The result? Many preventable deaths. That’s the undeniable reality. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

I’m a little bit biased towards the Advocate’s Agenda — but what can I say…. 😏

I’m a little bit biased towards the Advocate’s Agenda — but what can I say…. 😏

The EO directs the Justice Department to seek reversal of court rulings that protect #disabled people from being institutionalized. That includes the landmark Olmstead decision, which says people with disabilities have the right to live in the community, not institutions. 4/7

We’ve been here before. People were locked away for decades—out of sight, out of mind—just for being #disabled, poor, or in crisis. We’re not going back. #DisabilityBelongs #OlmsteadMatters #CommunityNotConfinement #EndStigma #DisabilityRights #HousingIsHealthCare 7/7

Let me be clear: this is about more than one policy. It’s a blueprint for dismantling civil rights protections and expanding confinement and surveillance—especially for multiply marginalized people. This is not safety. It is systemic harm. 5/7

People with #disabilities have the right to live in the community—not be locked away because they’re poor or need support. That’s the promise of #Olmstead. This Executive Order violates it. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

A new Executive Order—“Ending Crime and Disorder on American Streets”—was just signed. It targets #disabled people, #unhoused people, and those with #MentalHealth and substance use needs. Here’s what it does—and why we must speak out. 🧵 1/7

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26th, 1990, which is 35 years ago today! We have released a new one pager all about this landmark piece of legislation – download it today at www.DisabilityBelongs.org/Resources/ADA #ADA35 #DisabilityRights

A new Executive Order—“Ending Crime and Disorder on American Streets”—was just signed. It targets #disabled people, #unhoused people, and those with #MentalHealth and substance use needs. Here’s what it does—and why we must speak out. 🧵 1/7

People with #disabilities have the right to live in the community—not be locked away because they’re poor or need support. That’s the promise of #Olmstead. This Executive Order violates it. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Budget Reconciliation Issue Brief: Impact on People with Disabilities www.disabilitybelongs.org/policy/2025-...

The Protection & Advocacy (P&A) network is under threat. A proposal in DC would gut funding for the only system specifically designed to protect the rights, safety, and dignity of people with disabilities and older adults. TAKE ACTION TODAY ⬇️ secure.everyaction.com/I6avR5LSvUam...

Disability Belongs™ is advocating for legislation that would make voting more accessible, like the Accessible Voting Act. Visit our action center to learn how you can help us advocate for this legislation! DisabilityBelongs.org/act

Trump Administration Delays Effort To Roll Back Federal #Disability Rights Protections. www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/07/21/t...

Joint Action Alert: NCIL, AUCD, NDRN, NACDD, Amputee Coalition, NASILC, and the Reeve Foundation call on Congress to fully preserve and fund the vital federal programs that promote independence, belonging, and full participation for people with disabilities. Read more: bit.ly/46V8KjX