Press Releases
about Disability Rights
Jul 19, 2022
ACLU Comment on Education Department Guidance on Protecting Students with Disabilities From Discrimination
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance today reminding schools of their obligations under federal disability rights law to pr...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Jan 25, 2022
Federal Appeals Court Decision Ensures Iowa Schools Can Require Masking to Protect Students with Disabilities
DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today ruled that the Rehab Act requires schools to impose universal masking rules where necessary to ensure st...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Nov 22, 2021
ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Review Georgia Law Permitting Executions of Persons with Intellectual Disability
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition for certiorari today in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Rodney Young, a man incarcerated on Georgia’s death...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Capital Punishment
Nov 19, 2021
ACLU Statement on House Passage of the Build Back Better Act
WASHINGTON — Julie Sweet, deputy national political director at the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement on the passage of the Build Back Better Act in ...
Nov 10, 2021
ACLU, Disability Rights Groups Applaud CVS For Settling Case That Threatened Disability Rights
WASHINGTON — CVS announced today that it will withdraw CVS v. Doe from the Supreme Court docket. This is a major victory for the disability rights community, which has been press...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Oct 29, 2021
Disability Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Protections Against Disability Discrimination
WASHINGTON — Disability rights organizations filed friend-of-the-court briefs today urging the Supreme Court to uphold disability rights by rejecting CVS’s attempt to dismantle...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
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