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The Arc Responds to FDA's Proposed Rule to Ban Electro-Stimulation Devices for Aggressive or Self-Injurious Behavior

The Arc submitted comments to a proposed rule by the FDA to ban electrical stimulation devices for aggressive or self-injurious behavior. These devices are used by only one institution in Massachusetts, and The Arc has been fighting for decades to protect its residents from this abuse.

City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson

Amicus brief arguing that the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits cities from criminalizing conduct associated with being unhoused.

Robertson v. District of Columbia

Class action lawsuit challenging DC’s Office of the State Superintendent for Education for failing to provide safe, reliable, and effective transportation to and from schools for children with disabilities, thereby denying students equal access to their education and unnecessarily segregating them from their peers.

Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

Amicus brief arguing that it is not the role of courts to substitute their evaluation of drug safety and effectiveness in place of the FDA's expert determinations.

Comments on the HHS Proposed Rule Implementing Section 504

The Arc commends the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) and the Office of Civil Rights for this proposed rule which updates, clarifies, and strengthens the implementing regulation for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), the statute that prohibits discrimination against otherwise qualified individuals on the basis of disability in programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance or are conducted by a Federal agency.