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Congress Approves Nearly $1 Trillion In Cuts To Medicaid Threatening Disability Services

Republicans in Congress pushed through the largest Medicaid cuts in history, a move advocates say will inevitably shrink services for people with disabilities across the nation.

July 3, 2025
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House Votes To Prohibit Disability Discrimination In Organ Transplants

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities often face difficulty accessing needed organ transplants, but now a bill is moving through Congress that aims to address that disparity.

June 25, 2025
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Senate Seeks Deeper Cuts To Medicaid Amplifying Worries About Disability Services

Just weeks after the U.S. House approved billions in cuts to Medicaid, the Senate is considering chopping the program even more, a move that disability advocates say would have dire consequences.

June 23, 2025

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NIH Launches Major Autism Research Initiative

The National Institutes of Health is making $50 million available to study autism, but many researchers in the field are leery of the new initiative, which they say is rushed and skirts typical protocols.

June 16, 2025
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Supreme Court Makes It Easier For Students With Disabilities To Sue Schools

In a ruling with broad implications, the Supreme Court said unanimously that claims of disability discrimination at schools shouldn't be held to a higher standard than those originating from other settings.

June 13, 2025
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Effort To Roll Back Federal Disability Rights Protections Alarms Advocates

The Trump administration is quietly working to fast-track changes to a key disability rights law by circumventing typical procedures, advocates are warning.

June 9, 2025

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Trump Budget Calls For Major Changes To Disability Programs

The Trump administration wants to eliminate university centers on developmental disabilities and rethink IDEA funding, but a new plan spares some programs that were expected to be on the chopping block.

June 5, 2025
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NIH Autism Research Funding Down 26% Under Trump, Analysis Shows

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to get to the bottom of surging autism rates, but a new analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut funding for such research by double digits.

June 2, 2025
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House Approves Deep Cuts To Medicaid Threatening Disability Services, Advocates Say

The U.S. House of Representatives approved billions in cuts to Medicaid that advocates warn would undermine the nation's already fragile system of services and supports for people with disabilities.

May 23, 2025

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States Drop Effort To Overturn Section 504, But Continue To Challenge Disability Protections

Seventeen states are no longer seeking to invalidate one of the nation's key disability rights laws, but advocates say threats remain.

May 19, 2025
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House Panel Green-Lights Sweeping Cuts To Medicaid Despite Outcry From Disability Advocates

In a marathon session marked by the arrest of dozens of disability rights activists, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead with plans to drastically reduce Medicaid spending.

May 15, 2025
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IDD Providers Increasingly Swallowed Up By Private Equity

In a major shift, disability service providers across the nation are being acquired by investment firms seeking a quick profit, raising serious questions about implications for care.

May 12, 2025

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