Talk About Sexual Violence gives health care professionals the basic tools they need to have a simple, direct, and honest conversation about an all too common experience faced by men with IDD – sexual violence.

Amicus brief filed in the Eleventh Circuit in support of en banc review of Marc Jenkins request for an Atkins hearing to prove his intellectual disability claim.

Through a review of Rocky Myers’ case in Alabama and a discussion with The Arc’s legal director, this episode explores the Supreme Court’s opinion in Atkins and later decisions holding that executing people with intellectual disability violates the constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Individuals with IDD are dramatically over-represented in prisons and jails and face unique barriers. Powerful laws exist to protect them, but prisoners need accessible resources to assist them in advocating for their rights. This article explores recommendations to ensure equity for prisoners with IDD.

This document explores how advocates have used, and are beginning to use in new ways, the “integration mandate” of the Americans with Disabilities Act to advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities to avoid unnecessary entanglement with the criminal justice system.