By: Nicole Jorwic, Senior Director of Public Policy, The Arc After being all but ignored in the first three legislative packages that Congress has passed to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the disability community must rise up. We are once again fighting for our lives in Congressional negotiations—this time during a global pandemic. And the outcome […]
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By Nayma Guerrero, Member of The Arc’s National Sibling Council
My family is
everything.
Nayma and her family
My younger brother is 23 years old. He loves computer science, animation, and ...
The Arc
applauds the new ruling by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) that
Bobby Moore is a person with intellectual disability and cannot be executed;
commuting his sentence to life in priso...
In honor of
National Family Caregivers Month in November, The Arc is raising awareness of
the issue of paid family and medical leave and its importance from the
perspective of sibling caregivers of p...
The Arc’s Senior Director of Public Policy, Nicole Jorwic, testified during a Congressional briefing on “The Hidden Crisis of Care in the U.S. – Addressing the Homecare Workforce Shortage” Fri...
Photo: Ann Maas Photography
The Arc Montgomery County Karasik Family, Infant & Child Care Center, affectionately known as KFICCC, is a family-centered child care program. I...
October 24, 2019
The Honorable Governor Tony Evers
Office of the Governor
Attn: Pardon Advisory Board
PO Box 7863
Madison, WI 53707
Re: Clemency For Brendan Dassey
Dear Governor Evers:
As leaders an...
In
honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), The Arc is
pleased to announce that it has partnered with Advance Auto Parts on a pilot
program to create meaningful job opportunit...
Washington, D.C. – The Arc applauds a slew of decisions from Federal Courts in New York, Washington State, and California that grant preliminary injunctions against the U.S. Department of Homeland S...
This week, The Arc and other national and local disability and civil rights advocacy groups—represented by the law firm WilmerHale—filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fi...
