Disability Rights Watch (US)
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A disabled collective aggregating (and occasionally leaking) information related to current disability rights dangers in the US. Anonymous tips accepted @ site.
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Week 1: What Happened? - Disability Rights Watch
Things are happening quickly. We'll include a weekly round up of disability-related concerns, events, and polices on this site. Removal of the "Accessibility" page, and all ASL content from the White ...
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Weekly update thread:
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Updates on the intersection of ICE-related violence and disability, February 2026. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2026/02/03/i...
ICE and Disability (February) - Disability Rights Watch
Good news: Black Deaf Minnesota man Ike Muringai, who was taken by ICE last month, has been released from custody and is home with his fiancee. Anthony Paredes, a Latino and Chicano deaf high schooler...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Updates on the intersection of ICE-related violence and disability, February 2026. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2026/02/03/i...
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ASL information re: observing and warning neighbors about ICE operations using S.A.L.U.T.E. / A.C.T.U.A.R. Please share widely--we know disabled folks are particularly susceptible to state violence and many d/hh folks regardless of immigration status have a first language that is not English.
January 24, 2026 at 3:26 PM
ASL information re: observing and warning neighbors about ICE operations using S.A.L.U.T.E. / A.C.T.U.A.R. Please share widely--we know disabled folks are particularly susceptible to state violence and many d/hh folks regardless of immigration status have a first language that is not English.
Some updates on the treatment of disabled folks in ICE custody, including people being permanently disabled by agent abuse. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2026/01/16/i...
ICE and Disability 2026 - Disability Rights Watch
Authoritarianism is a disability rights issue. Immigration is a disability rights issue. And , as we've seen throughout the escalations over the past year, disabled people are particularly vulnerable ...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Some updates on the treatment of disabled folks in ICE custody, including people being permanently disabled by agent abuse. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2026/01/16/i...
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A federal judge nominee admitted today that he said during a sermon that disabled people shouldn't get married. As I wrote for @motherjones.com, in fact, many can't out of risk of losing their benefits. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A federal judge nominee said disabled people shouldn’t be wed. In fact, many can’t.
Marriage often nullifies the government benefits they need to get by.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A federal judge nominee admitted today that he said during a sermon that disabled people shouldn't get married. As I wrote for @motherjones.com, in fact, many can't out of risk of losing their benefits. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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My latest, with @juliametraux.bsky.social, on the Trump admin's continued offensive against transgender Americans, their doctors, and the people who love them:
RFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn’t get his way on trans healthcare
RFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn't get his way.
The health department’s proposed regulations on gender affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My latest, with @juliametraux.bsky.social, on the Trump admin's continued offensive against transgender Americans, their doctors, and the people who love them:
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Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
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White House: ASL interpreters ‘intrude on’ Trump’s ‘image’
www.politico.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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I honestly can't think of a single thing on this planet I'd rather do less than read Project 2026, but here we are: www.heritage.org/priorities
Restoring America’s Promise
www.heritage.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I honestly can't think of a single thing on this planet I'd rather do less than read Project 2026, but here we are: www.heritage.org/priorities
Still here, still terrible! www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/12/08/w...
Week 45-46 Updates - Disability Rights Watch
HHS to remove recommendation for infant Hepatitis B vaccine, Trump asks RFK to fast-track a revamp of entire childhood vaccine schedule. The majority of Hepatitis B patients who go on to experience ch...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Still here, still terrible! www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/12/08/w...
Freedom! (to die)
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Freedom! (to die)
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If you think Trump saying the r-word is bad, wait 'til you see what else he's been up to the past 44 weeks.
I knew a Holocaust survivor who talked about the importance of notetaking under authoritarianism, to track what normal was and how it shifted. Here's that 🧵 with respect to disability, itself a canary in the fascist coal mine: www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/09/w...
Week 1: What Happened? - Disability Rights Watch
Things are happening quickly. We'll include a weekly round up of disability-related concerns, events, and polices on this site. Removal of the "Accessibility" page, and all ASL content from the White ...
www.disability-rights-watch.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If you think Trump saying the r-word is bad, wait 'til you see what else he's been up to the past 44 weeks.
Dance band on the Titanic
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Weeks 43-44 Updates - Disability Rights Watch
Trump and McMahon further dismantle Department of Education, moving programs to Department of Labor, Interior, and HHS. The relocated programs include Title 1, teacher training grants, English learner...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Dance band on the Titanic
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Proposal for degrees to remove from "professional" classification:
Education
Nursing (MSN, DNP)
Social work (MSW, DSW)
Public health (MPH, DrPH)
Physician assist.
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Business master's
Engineering master's
Counseling & therapy
Education
Nursing (MSN, DNP)
Social work (MSW, DSW)
Public health (MPH, DrPH)
Physician assist.
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Business master's
Engineering master's
Counseling & therapy
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Proposal for degrees to remove from "professional" classification:
Education
Nursing (MSN, DNP)
Social work (MSW, DSW)
Public health (MPH, DrPH)
Physician assist.
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Business master's
Engineering master's
Counseling & therapy
Education
Nursing (MSN, DNP)
Social work (MSW, DSW)
Public health (MPH, DrPH)
Physician assist.
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Business master's
Engineering master's
Counseling & therapy
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This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Update; Title I, teacher training grants, English learner programs, TRIO, adult ed, Native education, foreign-language programs, foreign med-school accreditation, and student-parent grants to move. IDEA stays at DoEd for now, though without OSERS staff it's unclear what is even being done.
Breaking: per internal sources, there is an all-hands meeting at what's left of the Dept. of Ed. Expected to announce movement of remaining special education programming to the Dept. of Labor. (The move is illegal and most disability-related workers from DoL are also gone.) Meeting at 2pm.
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Update; Title I, teacher training grants, English learner programs, TRIO, adult ed, Native education, foreign-language programs, foreign med-school accreditation, and student-parent grants to move. IDEA stays at DoEd for now, though without OSERS staff it's unclear what is even being done.
Breaking: per internal sources, there is an all-hands meeting at what's left of the Dept. of Ed. Expected to announce movement of remaining special education programming to the Dept. of Labor. (The move is illegal and most disability-related workers from DoL are also gone.) Meeting at 2pm.
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Breaking: per internal sources, there is an all-hands meeting at what's left of the Dept. of Ed. Expected to announce movement of remaining special education programming to the Dept. of Labor. (The move is illegal and most disability-related workers from DoL are also gone.) Meeting at 2pm.
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Oh no. Rest in power, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social . Thank you for everything 💔
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Oh no. Rest in power, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social . Thank you for everything 💔
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“By cutting aid for permanent housing by 2/3 next year, the plan risks a sudden end of support… beginning as soon as January. All are disabled — a condition of the aid — and many are 50 or older. The document does not explain how they would find housing.”
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
“By cutting aid for permanent housing by 2/3 next year, the plan risks a sudden end of support… beginning as soon as January. All are disabled — a condition of the aid — and many are 50 or older. The document does not explain how they would find housing.”
🧵
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🧵
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The only link I can find other than The Daily Moth on Facebook: liamodell.com/2025/11/08/d...
Trump administration appeals court order on ASL interpretation of White House press briefings
US president Donald Trump’s administration appealed a court order to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation of White House press briefings on Friday, in the latest development in…
liamodell.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The only link I can find other than The Daily Moth on Facebook: liamodell.com/2025/11/08/d...
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