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Disability Rights
What We Are Trying to Accomplish
What’s Happening at the National Level
We supported the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act. This would take important steps to make air travel more accessible for people with disabilities by:
Creating standards requiring airplanes to be more accessible
Improving training for airline personnel and contractors so that they can better assist people with disabilities
Instituting better ways to enforce accessible air travel, including giving individuals the ability to file civil lawsuits
Creating a new Advisory Committee on the Air Travel Needs of Passengers with Disabilities at the U.S. Department of Transportation
Regulations are pending related to required reporting by airlines of lost or damaged wheelchairs and scooters, as well as accessible lavatories on single-aisle airplanes.
REAADI proposes steps to involve and support people with disabilities and older adults during disasters by:
Creating a network of centers focused on research, training and technical assistance to help states and localities to provide betterservices
Creatinga National Commission on Disability Rights and Disasters to study needs
Requiring a review of disaster funds spending to ensure access to services and accessibility of structures rebuilt after disasters
Requiring the Department of Justice to examine how the civil rights of people with disabilities and older adults are considered during and after disasters
DRMA would ensure that those displaced to other states by natural disasters continue to have access to their Medicaid-supported services.
opposed by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and hundreds of disability organizations—would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities to enforce their rights under the ADA and access public accommodations like grocery stores and doctors’ offices.While public accommodations have had many years to come into compliance with the ADA, would put the burden back on individuals with disabilities to determine what violations have occurred, notify businesses of violations and give them time to correct problems." c-nmssatomrichtext_nmssatomrichtext-host="">
This bill—opposed by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and hundreds of disability organizations—would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities to enforce their rights under the ADA and access public accommodations like grocery stores and doctors’ offices.While public accommodations have had many years to come into compliance with the ADA, would put the burden back on individuals with disabilities to determine what violations have occurred, notify businesses of violations and give them time to correct problems.