This article highlights the importance of P&As, like the DLC, who regularly monitor facilities like this for abuse & neglect. Also highlights why we've pushed for better oversight of places where Utahns w/ disabilities live & more community-based services. nytimes.com/2025/09/14/us/…

The Education Department plans to reinstate attorneys who were dismissed when regional #CivilRights offices closed, but current and former employees say they're deeply skeptical the agency will recover. #disabilities #SpecialEducation disabilityscoop.com/2025/09/30/tho…

NEW: The Education Department fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began yesterday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. Exact numbers are still unclear. usatoday.com/story/news/edu…

Multiple states are cutting their #Medicaid programs even before the brunt of a new federal law takes effect, raising fears that access to care will become more limited for people with #disabilities. disabilityscoop.com/2025/10/15/sta… disabilityscoop.com/2025/10/15/sta…

There's nothing special or novel about institutionalizing/forced treatment of people w/ disabilities. It's not about hope or healing. It's another example of Utah choosing to fund institutions over community-based services/not support self-determination of Utahns w/ disabilities.

Not knowing how you will feed your kids next week is very scary! Join us and UtahnsAgainstHunger outside the federal building today at 4:30 PM as we challenge Utah's representatives in Congress to do more to make sure SNAP benefits are issued next month!

A federal judge has ruled that the White House must provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation during official press briefings, affirming that access to public information is a right. Accessibility is essential to democracy. ♿ 🔗 news.bgov.com/litigation/whi…

A lack of community-based services for those w/ SMI, & no State plan to expand them, means forced treatment/institutionalization is the long-term proposed solution, returning us to the age of warehousing people w/ disabilities in segregated settings. That is not compassion.

FOX 13 Investigates: How a Utah guardianship company evicted a family from their homes fox13now.com/news/fox-13-in…

🚨BREAKING: the White House announced at 4:45pm ET signing ceremony today for what we expect to be the executive order on AI preemption. For those not in the loop: the order would block states from adopting their own AI safeguards and centralize all regulatory authority at the

Check out our latest blog post to learn more about how artificial intelligence is shaping decisions about Medicaid and healthcare services and what’s at risk for people with disabilities as the federal government cracks down on states’ ability to regulate AI:

Reminder, this webinar is today at 2:30 PM, Mountain Standard Time. The filter has the time zone for the east cost. In addition to two members of Congress the webinar will also include Angela Romero, Evan Done from Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness and Nate Crippes of Disability Law Center

SJR 7 seeks to remove our designation as the Protection and Advocacy Agency for Utah. Here is how you can help support the DLC: disabilitylawcenter.org/general/urgent…

This bill is in the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee tomorrow at 2pm! Please reach out to committee members and tell them to vote no on SJR 7 and protect the Disability Law Center!

UPDATE: SJR 7 has been pulled from the agenda for tomorrow. Will provide more updates as we get them.

National Homelessness Law Center launches campaign to urge no federal dollars be spent on Utah’s 1,300-bed homeless campus proposal utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/01/30/nat…