ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) has opened a new funding opportunity&nbs

Since March 2020, Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs have heard the voices of residents and their loved ones:  “I thought that you had forgotten about me!” “I think about dying.” “I look through the window at my husband and can see that he has lost weight; I’m not sure if he recognizes me.”

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to help households struggling to pay for internet service during the pandemic.

Brandeis University is conducting a study to learn about the experiences of people receiving home- and community-based services and self-directing those services. They are interested in learning how people with disabilities are staying safe, how they are keeping their personal care attendants safe, and how they are accessing critical services and supports. Information from this study will be used to advise government agencies and providers.

Deadline: Friday, March 26, 2021

Each March, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month offers us a chance to lift up the many ways people with DD make our communities stronger and showcase the hard work of self-advocates and the DD network across the country to advance the civil rights of people with DD.

On March 10, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released updated guidance for nursing home visitation. 

Across the country, people with disabilities and their family and friends have been speaking up about the importance of equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution. In this guest post for the ACL Blog we hear from two Arizona self-advocates who shared their stories at a recent press conference hosted by Arizona’s protection and advocacy agency and other disability advocates. Katie Griffith and Calvin Cook were interviewed by George Garcia, Executive Director of the Southwest Institute for Families and Children. They began by introducing themselves.

The U.S. Access Board, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), ACL, and other agencies have partnered to launch an online platform to facilitate conversation on accessibility for people with disabilities in the design of autonomous (self-driving) vehicles. Visit the public dialogue platform