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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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August 8, 2025On June 17, 2025, Judge Orlando Garcia issued a landmark decision, finding that the State of Texas violated the rights of thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Texas nursing facilities. He ordered the parties to submit proposed remedial orders by August 1, 2025.
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August 7, 2025On August 7, APM published an article titled “‘We did not want to take this guy’: Abuse rates higher at nursing homes with more mental illness,” which highlights the systemic challenges faced by people with disabilities—particularly those with serious mental illness—when institutionalized in nursing facilities.
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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.