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@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialPeople with disabilities can face barriers to basic health care when medical equipment is difficult or impossible to use. New federal requirements are now taking effect to help change that. Read our blog post to learn more: www.disabilitybelongs.org/2026/10/acce...
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialOur Chief Operating Officer Matthew S. is representing Disability Belongs® today at the 2026 National Indian Education Association Convention and Trade Show. Matthew will be presenting about advancing disability inclusion across native education systems. Learn more: www.niea.org
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@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialThe choices we make today about AI will echo for decades. Will these systems forever reflect who we are with our stereotypes, omissions, and biases readily built-in? Or will they help to shape the society we strive for: equitable, creative, inclusive, and just? #Disability #AI
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialEach election is an opportunity to make your voice heard and participate in decisions that affect your community and your life. Our resource at DisabilityBelongs.org/Vote brings together practical information to help you understand your options, access your rights, and find support when you need it.
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@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialOur new resource, created in collaboration with the National Center for Learning Disabilities, is all about how employers, managers, and colleagues can support employees with dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, and dysgraphia in the workplace. Check it out at the link below!
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialAll three webinars will take place at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and run for approximately one hour. If you can't make it live, don't worry – all registrants will receive a link to watch the recordings. Sign up for free at www.DisabilityBelongs.org/NDEAM26!
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.social1) Navigating the Workplace with a New Disability or Diagnosis on Tuesday, October 13th 2) How Disability Representation Creates Opportunities and Fuels Innovation on Wednesday, October 21st 3) Leading the Way: Empowering the Next Generation of Disabled Leaders on Wednesday, October 28th
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialAt Disability Belongs®, we are hosting three, free webinars this month covering different aspects of disability employment.
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialIt's October, which means that National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is here! Celebrated annually since 1988, #NDEAM highlights the importance of #disability inclusion in the workplace.
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialThe resolution comes as federal policy changes have raised new questions about how community integration protections will be enforced.
Disabled people belong in the community. Read the resolution: www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialA new bipartisan House resolution, H. Res. 1586, reaffirms the importance of Olmstead v. L.C. and the right of disabled people to live and receive services in integrated community settings.
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@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialContact your U.S. Senators and Representative and ask them to support congressional action protecting the right of disabled people to live and receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate. Find templates and contact information: www.disabilitybelongs.org/2026/09/prot...
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialFollowing the closure of Texas v. Kennedy, Congress can now consider whether additional statutory language is needed to make clear what community living protections Section 504 is intended to provide.
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialDisabled people should not be forced into institutions simply because the services and supports necessary to live in our homes and communities are unavailable, inaccessible, or administered in ways that unnecessarily segregate us.
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialThe judgment does, however, remove regulatory provisions that require covered programs to provide services in the most integrated setting appropriate, placing disabled people at serious risk of institutionalization.
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialThe court’s order does not repeal Section 504, overturn the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), or overturn the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision. These protections remain in place.
@disabilitybelongs.bsky.socialOn September 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered final judgment in Texas v. Kennedy, vacating key community integration provisions in the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2024 regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
