Advocacy Updates

A fundamental and unifying principal of disability rights and disability justice has been the right to live in the community—rather than to be involuntarily placed in institutions.  Today, the Administration has aggressively rejected the rights of people with disabilities to live in the community.

CPR and the state of Connecticut have reached an agreement regarding the voting rights of people with disabilities who are institutionalized in the state.

We recognize the important work done by national civil rights organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and we condemn any politically motived use of criminal and civil penalties to threaten this mission.

On April 3, 2026, CPR and a diverse group of Amici filed a friend of the court brief renewing their support for Perkins Coie and other private law firms who were directly targeted by the Administration’s 2025 Executive Orders.

The Center for Public Representation (CPR) is deeply concerned about a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) initiative targeting veterans, including those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, for guardianship.

As the U.S. Senate debates the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, legislators need to hear about the ways it would harm people with disabilities. The SAVE Act purports to solve the problem of noncitizens voting illegally, including by requiring proof of citizenship to register and a photo ID to vote, and could restrict mail voting.

Updates on CPR's Litigation, Advocacy and Initiatives

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On January 23, 2026, Texas and eight other states – Alaska, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, and South Dakota – renewed their attack on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the integration mandate.

CPR condemns anti-immigrant actions that terrorize our communities, target Black and brown people, impact people with disabilities, violate the Constitution, and harm innocent legal observers. Within these atrocities, the daily threats to people with disabilities and their caregivers are dramatic.