This Sunday, July 26th, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Arc is proud of our role in protecting the rights of people with disabilities, including as a significant player in the passage of the ADA. Consistent with our work for decades on policy development and legal efforts on […]
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Washington, D.C. – The Arc released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s directive to exclude undocumented immigrants, including those with disabilities and their family me...
Washington, D.C. – A federal judge has denied Kanawha County Schools’ (KCS) motion to dismiss a civil rights class action lawsuit filed by The Arc of West Virginia on behalf of children with disab...
Now more than ever, Americans are looking for innovative ways
to volunteer in their communities. For many, giving back means the opportunity to
rebuild the neighborhoods they love, as well as the cha...
WASHINGTON – The Arc of the United States, The Arc Georgia, and The Georgia Advocacy Office filed an amicus brief Monday before the Georgia Supreme Court in the case Palmer v. Georgia. The brief exp...
WASHINGTON – Neli Latson should be a free man. Instead, he’s faced a decade of unjust prosecution and abuse in a criminal justice system where, as a young Black man with disabilities, he’s exper...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Arc is deeply disappointed in this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. The Court’s decision opens the door for public funds to g...
By Peter Berns and Debra L. Ness
Before this pandemic, far too many people with disabilities and their families
were on shaky financial ground, with little to no savings for a crisis. Workers
with...
Today, the U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the resolution of a federal complaint
filed against Tennessee, one of nearly a dozen complaints filed...
This week, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will issue a final rule that
strips important protections of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and limits access
to health care coverage....
