- ADA & Civil Rights
Disability Rights Nebraska Receives 2025 Advocacy Award
June 5, 2025
Through determined and strategic efforts, the DRNE team has helped bring to light two major systemic civil rights violations in Nebraska—both now the focus of action by the U.S. Department of Justice. The first involves the unnecessary segregation of individuals with serious mental illness, and the second concerns discriminatory…
General - General
Disability Rights West Virginia Receives 2025 Advocacy Award
June 4, 2025
Disability Rights West Virginia has been selected for their work investigating abuse and neglect at Hopemont Hospital, a long-term care facility. The investigation shed light on conditions that demanded urgent attention and change, and ultimately led to criminal indictments.
General - Community Integration
Disability Rights North Dakota Receives 2025 Advocacy Award
June 3, 2025
Disability Rights North Dakota has been selected for their outstanding work challenging the state’s ongoing efforts to enact an IMD (Institutions for Mental Disease) Exclusion Waiver. DRND’s efforts, often in the face of strong political and corporate opposition, have made clear that the rights and dignity of individuals with…
General - General
Disability Rights Maine Receives 2025 Advocacy Award
June 2, 2025
In a remote part of Maine, an individual with a representative payee was subjected to horrific conditions, neglect, and financial exploitation. Thanks to the swift and determined action of DRME, this individual is now safe and receiving the support and services they deserve.
General - Funding
National Disability Radio: Spilling the Tea on All Things
May 29, 2025
NDRN's Deputy Executive Director for Public Policy Eric Buehlmann came on the podcast to explain what's going on with the budget and how it impacts the funding NDRN and the Protection and Advocacy network receives.
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