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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
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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
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July 31, 2025On June 16, 2025, CPR submitted comments opposing the Trump Administration’s planned recission of regulations implementing Section 504 that ensure that facilities that receive funding from the Department of Energy (DoE) are accessible to people with disabilities.
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July 30, 2025On July 24, 2025, CPR and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed a friend of the court brief in support of litigation challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Final Rule titled “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability” (June 25, 2025).
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July 25, 2025For decades CPR has worked tirelessly to ensure that people with mental illness can live, work, and participate in the community, free from coercion and forced treatment. This Executive Order is exactly wrong, and seeks to undo both the constitutional rights as well as the voluntary services that people need and deserve. CPR is committed to defend those rights, oppose this Executive Order and stand with people with disabilities who want to control their own lives without government interference.
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July 24, 2025Under the auspices of the federal Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC), Steven Schwartz, CPR’s Special Counsel, just published a paper outlining the 14 components of an employment system transformation plan, and previously authored three seminal papers for DETAC on advocacy strategies for replacing segregated employment with CIE.
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July 23, 2025July 23rd marked the 35th anniversary of the ADA. It is a time for reflecting on the amazing accomplishments of the disability community and the stark threats to these recent gains. As Steven Schwartz, CPR Special Counsel noted in a PBS news story.