06/17/2026
Every child with an IEP, every young adult with autism searching for meaningful employment, every person with sensory processing challenges trying to navigate a loud and overwhelming workplace deserves the same opportunities, dignity, and respect as anyone else. Disability rights are not special rights. They are human rights.
As a parent, educator, employer, or community member, we all have a role in creating spaces where individuals with disabilities can learn, work, thrive, and belong. Accommodations aren’t advantages….they are tools that help level the playing field.
Recent discussions across the United States have raised concerns among disability advocates about potential changes to Medicaid, special education funding, community-based supports, and employment services that many individuals with disabilities rely on every day. These conversations serve as an important reminder that the protections and supports we have today should never be taken for granted. (Info from Project Disability- Harvard Law School)
The future of disability rights affects all of us. It affects the child learning to communicate through an AAC device, the teen preparing for life after graduation, and the adult striving for independence in their community.
Let’s continue to advocate, educate, and speak up!! Every person deserves access, opportunity, and the chance to live a full and meaningful life.
🧩💛 Disability rights are human rights. Today, tomorrow, and always. 💛♾️