News and Alerts

CPR is pleased to have contributed to a new report by the National Council on Disability (NCD) evaluating federal agencies’ implementation and enforcement of disability rights laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and enforcement of the Olmstead decision. The report provides not only key findings regarding agencies’ progress, but recommendations for improvement.

CPR is advancing policies to end the unfair and discriminatory payment of subminimum wages to people with disabilities and to expand opportunities for community jobs at fair pay.

Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 30th), we’re joining with CPSD and other organizations for a call-in day to help make the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act a reality, which would provide resources for competitive integrated employment to states and providers and end the subminimum wage. This is our chance to tell elected officials what TCEA would mean for the disability community and we need your help!

Over 20 member organizations of the Coalition for Smart Safety, including CPR, have released a letter addressing concerns with the RESPONSE Act, which was introduced today by Sen. Cornyn. While we support efforts to reduce mass violence, the coalition opposes any legislation that ties those efforts to mental health reform. Doing so will only serve to "fuel prejudice, fear, and marginalization of individuals with mental health disabilities."

The Center for Public Representation celebrates the nationwide preliminary injunctions issued today by federal courts in New York and Washington state, preventing the Administration from implementing its cruel and discriminatory public charge rule and finding the rule could discriminate against people with disabilities.  These decisions are a clear victory for disabled immigrants and their families. 

CPR joined a coalition of 38 organizations including leaders and allies in disability rights, civil rights, education, and privacy communities to issue a joint statement affirming that mental health disabilities are not predictors of gun violence and that people with mental health disabilities must not be scapegoated for the acts of mass gun violence in this country.

The right to bring a claim in a public court of law is essential to maintaining transparency about what occurs in nursing facilities.

CPR assisted on two amicus briefs filed on behalf of former members of Congress and by numerous disability rights organizations that discussed the importance of federal enforcement of the ADA.

CPR and other disability organizations filed an amicus brief in litigation challenging the new "public charge" rule, which would prevent people with disabilities from entering this country or becoming legal residents, alleging illegal disability discrimination.

CPR and other disability organizations filed an amicus brief stressing the importance of ride sharing technologies and the need for them to make necessary accommodations for persons with disabilities.