Friends, please help make the public aware of Section 504's importance by sharing your story. Read the below post from my girlfriend, Kaleigh Brendle, to learn more. Your voice matters. Thank you. #Save504
https://www.facebook.com/share/1L2JxLxgS1/
#Section504 #Blind #BlindMasto #BlindMastodon #BlindFedi @blind @mastoblind #LowVision #Disabled #DisabledMasto #DisabledMastodon #DisabledFedi @disability@a.gup.pe @disability@beehaw.org @disabilityjustice @disabilityhistory
What happens when disability rights are under attack? I sat down with Theo W. Braddy to discuss Section 504—why it still matters, who it protects, and what we stand to lose if we stop fighting. 🎧 tammaninc.com/learn/we-can... #Disability #Accessibility #Section504
🎙️ I guest hosted an Article 19 episode with Theo W. Braddy:
“We Can’t Go Back on Section 504”
Section 504 protects disability rights in schools, jobs & healthcare.
It’s not just policy—it’s personal.
🎧 Listen: tammaninc.com/learn/we-can...
#Accessibility #Section504 #Disability
We Can’t Go Back on Section 50...
The Opening Arguments Poscast #1141 - Are Republican AGs really trying to have some of the most important federal protections for disability rights declared unconstitutional? Attorney Jenessa Seymour joins to explain the history and purpose of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the pending challenge to a Biden-era regulatory update intended to protect trans health care rights.
So the 504 coordinator at my kid's school is *happy* to be working for RFK now and is convinced that the state case brought to end the 504 section of the ADA is really just limited to one kind of protection they want removed.
These people work for the schools, we're super fucked.
Is this the America we want?
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in September of 1973. Section 504 of that act codified the civil rights of persons with disabilities. “No otherwise qualified individual” can be, simply because of their disability, “denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination" in any program or activity that receives federal funds.
Now 16 states have joined Texas in a lawsuit asking the court to declare Section 504 unconstitutional.
#freedom #civilrights #equalrights #americanswithdisabilities #disabilityrights #discrimination #section504
The Trump admin is coming for disability rights. Section 504 has protected disabled people for 50 years—now it’s under attack. If they succeed, accessibility, education, & jobs will be gutted. This is a crisis. Pay attention.
#Section504 #TexasvBecerra #DisabilityRights #Disability
Protect 504 - Tamman Inc
17 conservative states are launching an effort to overturn Section 504, an important law that protects disabled kids and adults from discrimination in federally funded schools, hospitals, and more.
If you live in one of these states, you can help! :boost_requested: https://dredf.org/protect-504/
Progress requires that we protect Civil Rights.
Protect Section 504. Protect all Civil Rights.
Weekly Notes: Feb 10-16, 2025: A week in the life of…. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/02/16/weekly-notes-feb-10-16-2025
#Accessibility #Design #DragRace #Facebook #FreshRSS #LawandOrder #LawandOrderSVU #Linkding #PhilipKDickAward #PikaPods #Postalicious #Scrubs #Section504 #SoftCell #Typography #voting #WeeklyNotes #Geekery #Links #Music #Personal #Politics #TVAndFilms
Updated my post where I update daily with actions/info: https://joannemerriam.com/2025/02/01/february-precis/
#disabled people are people and it’s a club we’ll all join at some point in life
Let’s defend them and #section504 for both reasons.
DREDF Releases Disability Community Briefing Recording:
DREDF hosted a webinar with 3,000 attendees February 12, 2025 to discuss Texas v. Becerra. The recording, transcript, & slides are now available.
https://semanticfish.net/dredf-releases-disability-community-briefing-recording
17 states challenge the constitutionality of the ADA - If your state AK AL AR FL GA IN IA KS LA MO MT NE SC SD TX UT WV is one of them please ask your state Attorney General to opt out - HUGE effects on healthcare, education, employment
https://dredf.org/protect-504/ #ADA #Section504 #504 #disability
Darrell Hilliker 👨🦯♾️📡, The 17-state Texas v. Becerra lawsuit trying to get rid of Section 504 is real: https://dredf.org/protect-504/ #accessibility #a11y #Section504 #disabled #blind
Hey you know that celebrating I was doing this morning about how I finally got Concord Hospital to turn down the hold music at the call center so I can call my doctor without getting PEM or a migraine?
It was only because of this. Because of section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1970 something. I’m so happy I found a new office to harass about that so I could finally get that done before they take it away.
For real though we can’t let this happen, this is how I keep unmasked plumbers out of my home. I live in a housing complex that is mostly federally funded and I’m a disabled person and I have a right to not contract diseases.
From: @RiptideAtlantic
https://wetdry.world/@RiptideAtlantic/113987956720696595
Here's a court case that you should be aware of if you live in the USA. 17 Republican controlled states, led by Texas, of course, are suing the Federal government to have the courts throw out a law the requires people receiving Federal funds to not discriminate against disabled people. That's right - the Republicans want to make discrimination against the disabled legal.
This site tells you how to fight against this.
They removed #Section504 information from the #DepartmentofEducation website. This is what ending #DEIA initiatives does: at the federal level, they are trying to remove the protections that allow your type 1 diabetic child to attend school safely. They're trying to make it so your child with a visual impairment can't get large print materials or braille textbooks. They're removing protections that make #school possible for #studentswithdisabilities. #fightfascism #fightback #protectourkids
"…Carter often struggled to implement key parts of his agenda, and disability rights was no exception. So disabled people had to step in to do the work that the non-disabled simply couldn't get done on their own."
