The Arc released the following statement about the 2020 Presidential election: “This was an historic election given the challenges our nation faces, and voters turned out in record numbers to make their choice about our future. While people with disabilities still face far too many barriers to accessing the right to vote, including physical obstacles […]
Since
2015, The Arc has been the proud recipient of a grant from the Corporation for
National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that funds the national
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of S...
The Arc released the following statement about the 2020 Presidential
election:
“This was an historic election given the challenges our
nation faces, and voters turned out in record numbers to ma...
This is the second of a two-part series that The Arc@Work
will publish this month to speak on the new and emerging challenges faced by
workers with IDD and how employers, disability services agencies...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Arc is deeply troubled by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Merrill v. People First of Alabama, effectively banning curbside voting in Alabama, a critical accommodation to en...
The Arc today announced it will honor long-standing partner Comcast NBCUniversal as the recipient of its 2020 Catalyst Award for their collaborative efforts to provide people with disabilities increa...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made significant progress in
expanding access to health care for individuals with intellectual and/or
developmental disabilities (IDD). Access to consistent and reliable...
By Sethany Griffin
I am a
member of The Arc and both a provider for adults and children with disabilities
and a mother of an adult with autism and an intellectual delay. My son Karl is
19, and...
By Shira Wakschlag, Senior Director, Legal Advocacy & General Counsel
On September 26, President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit Court ...
This year’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month
arrives at a precarious time in our country’s history: we continue to face the
ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic and one of the direst ec...
