disability — Statements and Press Releases

The Better Care Better Jobs Act: A Light of Hope for Our Families

The Better Care Better Jobs Act provides our families with a light in the darkness. If passed, this legislation can finally dispel the shadow cast on our children’s future by providing better care so our kids can thrive. It will lighten the overwhelming strain on our families and professional caregivers by creating better jobs

Letter from 100+ Disability Organizations Urging CDC to Revise Mask Guidance and Protect High Risk Individuals

In order to enact an equitable vision of pandemic recovery that centers communities most at risk, we ask the CDC to recommend that everyone wear N-95s or the highest quality masks available in indoor public settings including schools.

Laura HatcherMarch 3, 2022mask, mask up, disability, covid, covid19, CDC, schools

Letter From the Disability Community to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky

Describing the deaths of people with four or more comorbidities as “encouraging” because they were “unwell to begin with” encapsulates the exact problem people with disabilities and our family members and allies have faced the entire pandemic: The public health response to COVID-19 has treated people with disabilities as disposable.

LL Statements, Our Voice is Our Power!Laura HatcherJanuary 13, 2022covid, covid19, disability, CDC

Disability Community Asks for COVID-19 Response Legislation

Joint statement: The rights and needs of people with disabilities must be included in COVID-19 legislation.

LL Statements, LegislationLaura HatcherMarch 20, 2020COVID-9, disability, civil rights

Joint Statement from Members of the Disability Community and Allies on Gun Violence Prevention Policy and Mental Health Disabilities

The recent mass shootings in our country have necessarily turned the spotlight on proposed policies and solutions at the legislative level. While the undersigned agree that public safety is paramount, the assumption that people with mental health disabilities, including those with perceived mental health disabilities, are inherently dangerous and that targeting them will solve our country’s gun violence problem is wrong.

LL Statements, News, LegislationBrian HatcherSeptember 26, 2019disability, gun violence prevention, mental health

All must mean ALL – Little Lobbyists Statement on Universal Health Care Policy (STATEMENT)

Little Lobbyists believe that health care is a human right. We also believe all health care policy in the United States, especially policies designed to create a system of universal health care, must include appropriate coverage for the health care of people with complex medical needs and protections for the civil rights of people with disabilities. By doing so, legislators can finally ensure that every American has access to health care. All must mean ALL.

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