Disability Pride Month is celebrated every July and is an opportunity to honor the history, achievements, experiences, and struggles of the disability community. Why July? It marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), landmark legislation that broke down barriers to inclusion in society. People with disabilities deserve to live full, self-determined lives, […]
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Washington, DC - The Arc commends President Obama for commuting Abelardo Arboleda Ortiz’s sentence from death to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Mr. Ortiz’s diagnosis of intellec...
By Shira Wakschlag | Director, Legal Advocacy & Associate General Counsel for The Arc
“In this case, the pursuit of justice was a team effort, and The Arc was a leading player. At every step of...
By Quincy S. Abbot, Friend and Past National President of The Arc
Bob was one of the humblest of men and also one of the most outspoken of men when urging that individuals with intellectual disabil...
Washington, DC – The Arc released the following statement following news that the Supreme Court of Florida reversed the circuit court’s order in the case Hall v. Florida, a death penalty case conc...
Washington, DC – Last week, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division released a report following an investigation into the past conduct of the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD)...
Washington, DC – The Arc, the nation’s largest civil rights organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families, released the following statement on ...
Washington, DC – The Arc, the nation’s largest civil rights organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families, released the following statement on ...
We are pleased to announce that five chapters of The Arc were selected to pilot implementation of The Arc’s National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability’s (NCCJD) “Pathways to Justice” T...
Washington, DC – Today, the state of Texas was scheduled to execute Robert Campbell, a man who has an intellectual disability (ID), which should have ruled out the death penalty per a 2002 Supreme C...