Protect Children With Disabilities!

Last weekend, the Administration announced the firing of hundreds of Department of Education federal staff who provide critical educational access support for children with disabilities. This means fewer protections when students with disabilities face exclusion, harassment, discriminatory discipline, and barriers to access and inclusion in education. These employees were responsible for administering funding and overseeing the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) which serves more than 8 million children nationwide.

Harrowing moves like this are not happening in isolation, they are yet another egregious example of the ceaseless attacks on children with disabilities–from assaults to Medicaid, dangerous false rhetoric around autism, and the proposal of registries for tracking children with developmental differences, indicating a pattern of measures aimed at stripping away the humanity of children with disabilities.

Tell Congress they MUST put pressure on the Trump administration to reinstate staff at the Department of Education!