Pediatrician colleague and friend @amyrebecca.bsky.social shared what’s at stake with the proposed gutting of Dept of Education and rollback on protections for special education and disability rights. Dr. Rule has vulnerably shared her life story to highlight the threat to children. #medsky

I’m a physician because of the IDEA and 504 made possible by the Dept of Education. And NO it won't work if we put it back to the states, it is the universal, federal protection and accountability that makes special education work and FUNDS special education. It funds kids like me. 1/

“Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt H.I.V. treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant H.I.V.,” said Jirair Ratevosian... “That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the H.I.V. epidemic.”