Zoe Brennan-Krohn
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requires non-discrimination in schools, in education, in hospitals, in medical care, in housing, in any entity that gets federal funding, which is a huge swath of entities. They are required to not discriminate and to be inclusive. And so it's you know, a core, the core first disability rights law, civil rights law for folks with disabilities.
requires non-discrimination in schools, in education, in hospitals, in medical care, in housing, in any entity that gets federal funding, which is a huge swath of entities. They are required to not discriminate and to be inclusive. And so it's you know, a core, the core first disability rights law, civil rights law for folks with disabilities.
requires non-discrimination in schools, in education, in hospitals, in medical care, in housing, in any entity that gets federal funding, which is a huge swath of entities. They are required to not discriminate and to be inclusive. And so it's you know, a core, the core first disability rights law, civil rights law for folks with disabilities.
And there is a lawsuit now threatening to or attempting to have Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act found unconstitutional in its entirety, which is truly a radical and cruel approach. And I think both of these things, the Medicaid piece, I think, I think it's important to emphasize how extreme these proposals are.
And there is a lawsuit now threatening to or attempting to have Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act found unconstitutional in its entirety, which is truly a radical and cruel approach. And I think both of these things, the Medicaid piece, I think, I think it's important to emphasize how extreme these proposals are.
And there is a lawsuit now threatening to or attempting to have Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act found unconstitutional in its entirety, which is truly a radical and cruel approach. And I think both of these things, the Medicaid piece, I think, I think it's important to emphasize how extreme these proposals are.
That if you talk about like the size of the cuts to Medicaid that are on the line here, this isn't like trimming around the edges. It's not like, oh, people are going to get 39 hours of care instead of 40 hours of care services or something.
That if you talk about like the size of the cuts to Medicaid that are on the line here, this isn't like trimming around the edges. It's not like, oh, people are going to get 39 hours of care instead of 40 hours of care services or something.
That if you talk about like the size of the cuts to Medicaid that are on the line here, this isn't like trimming around the edges. It's not like, oh, people are going to get 39 hours of care instead of 40 hours of care services or something.
These are radical cuts that are going to kill people, that are going to force people into institutions, that are going to really dramatically reshape how disabled people can live and work and play and live in their communities. Both of those are examples of that threat.
These are radical cuts that are going to kill people, that are going to force people into institutions, that are going to really dramatically reshape how disabled people can live and work and play and live in their communities. Both of those are examples of that threat.
These are radical cuts that are going to kill people, that are going to force people into institutions, that are going to really dramatically reshape how disabled people can live and work and play and live in their communities. Both of those are examples of that threat.
So it makes it, it weakens the protections that they have. And I think it's important to know that we are not starting from the like utopia of disability rights protections, right? It's not like everything's awesome now and then things are going to become bad. Like there's real problems with disability discrimination now.
So it makes it, it weakens the protections that they have. And I think it's important to know that we are not starting from the like utopia of disability rights protections, right? It's not like everything's awesome now and then things are going to become bad. Like there's real problems with disability discrimination now.
So it makes it, it weakens the protections that they have. And I think it's important to know that we are not starting from the like utopia of disability rights protections, right? It's not like everything's awesome now and then things are going to become bad. Like there's real problems with disability discrimination now.
Now, and there were in the, you know, before Trump took office like this, we have a long way to go. We know that there's, you know, extraordinary stigma and bias against people with disabilities and exclusion in all sorts of And so taking away one of these key tools to protect against that discrimination would be a really big harm.
Now, and there were in the, you know, before Trump took office like this, we have a long way to go. We know that there's, you know, extraordinary stigma and bias against people with disabilities and exclusion in all sorts of And so taking away one of these key tools to protect against that discrimination would be a really big harm.
Now, and there were in the, you know, before Trump took office like this, we have a long way to go. We know that there's, you know, extraordinary stigma and bias against people with disabilities and exclusion in all sorts of And so taking away one of these key tools to protect against that discrimination would be a really big harm.
One of the things that the most recent regulation that came out and that this lawsuit is challenging is about the requirements of hospitals and medical providers. And one of the things it says is that medical providers can't make decisions about medical care or how to allocate resources based on stereotypes about disabled people's quality of life.
One of the things that the most recent regulation that came out and that this lawsuit is challenging is about the requirements of hospitals and medical providers. And one of the things it says is that medical providers can't make decisions about medical care or how to allocate resources based on stereotypes about disabled people's quality of life.