CPR uses legal strategies, advocacy, and policy to promote the integration and full community participation of people with disabilities and all others who are devalued in today’s society.

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    Litigation

    Expanding and protecting the rights of people with disabilities.

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    Defend Section 504

    Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is under attack.  Learn more and stay up-to-date on advocacy efforts to save it.

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    Advocacy

    Stay current on disability issues, educate yourself about the impact of proposed policy changes, and learn how to take action.

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    Supported Decision-Making

    Learn about SDM, read how SDM transforms lives, and become a participant, supporter or advocate.

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    COVID-19

    Get up-to-date resources on COVID-19 and its impact on people with disabilities, including information on the latest policy developments, medical rationing, and Medicaid.

News

  • CPR and Disability Rights Partners Condemn Anti-Trans Rulemaking
    December 19, 2025
    CPR, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, American Civil Liberties Union, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Justice in Aging and the National Health Law Program join in solidarity with the transgender community to denounce discrimination against transgender people, including those with disabilities, and to condemn the anti-trans actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and this administration. 
  • CPR and Disability Rights Partners Submit Comments Opposing New Public Charge Rule
    December 19, 2025
    Today CPR submitted on its own behalf and on behalf of 33 other national and state disability advocacy organizations comments opposing the Department of Homeland Security’s proposed “public charge” rule.  This rule, if enacted, would allow DHS to deny entry to or remove anyone with a disability if they, their children, or their family members relied on any type of public resources for support.  CPR and the other 33 organizations stated that the proposed rule would discriminate based on disability and violated the Administrative Procedures Act.
  • CPR and Partners Secure Federal Court Decision Preserving Children’s Mental Health Settlement Agreement in Maine
    December 5, 2025
    On November 23, 2025, The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine rejected a joint effort by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the State of Maine to weaken a settlement protecting the state’s youth behavioral-health system and the rights of children with disabilities. 
  • Giving Tuesday
    December 2, 2025
    Giving Tuesday is a day to Give Thanks and Support CPR!
  • CPR and Co-Counsel File Opposition Brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in LUPE v. Abbott
    November 21, 2025
    The case involves the state of Texas’ appeal of a trial court decision which found that Texas’ voter suppression law, S.B. 1, violates the rights of disabled voters under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.