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Empower People With Disabilities
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
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November 9, 2026We come together today as a coalition of national organizations who advocate for people with disabilities and their families. It is no secret that there are many policies on which we have historically and vigorously disagreed. But we are united in our efforts to preserve long-established rights and policies that affect millions of people with disabilities, because despite our differences, we all agree with the fundamental principle that people with disabilities should be able to access the services they need and to live the lives they choose.
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November 2, 2026On October 26, 2026, CPR and its partners submitted a friend of the court brief urging the First Circuit to affirm a U.S. District Court’s decision rejecting proposed changes to a December 2024 Settlement Agreement between the State of Maine and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
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CPR Urges Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to Protect Access to Timely Civil Commitment HearingsNovember 2, 2026On October 23, 2026, CPR and local partners submitted an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief with Massachusetts’ highest court addressing the interaction between two long standing due process rights for people who are the subject of in civil commitment hearings: the right to prompt judicial review and the right to request a continuance of hearing deadlines in order to prepare a meaningful defense.
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November 2, 2026Updates on CPR's Litigation, Advocacy, and Initiatives
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October 30, 2026CPR condemns the exclusion of people with gender dysphoria from the HHS final rule.