Isolation & Neglect: Disability Advocates Fear Return to a Bleak Past Under HHS - The Center for Learner Equity

Isolation & Neglect: Disability Advocates Fear Return to a Bleak Past Under HHS - The Center for Learner Equity

“There’s been a pretty broad pronouncement that this administration is thinking about moving special education anyway.” Even if protections are written into law, that doesn’t guarantee they’ll be upheld under current conditions. Our Interim Executive Director, @Jennifer Coco,  warns that shifting special education oversight from the Department of Education to Health and Human Services could reverse decades of progress. We fear this change could …

Photo: Sebastián Motta for ANRed The week started with a mobilization of self-convened institutions to demonstrate in Plaza de Mayo against disability adjustment, at the national level. From the National Disability Agency they announced that the current year's budget will be equal to last year; that is, there will be no planned increases. The response of the Nation was that "there is no more money to distribute." Meanwhile, the providers continu…

The difficulties of communication and social isolation mark the lives of those suffering from Friederich's ataxia, a pathology that requires accessible treatments and comprehensive care