Disability Policy

We believe that no matter who you are, what you look like or struggles you have faced you deserve a shot at a decent life without being taken advantage of.

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• Pass the TIME Act

  • This fixes the absence of disability protection from the Fair Labor Standards Act

• Guarantee Care at Home

• Increase opportunities for Education and good paying Jobs

• Expand funding for Aging and Disability Resource Centers

• Ensure Marriage Equality

  • Federal marriage equality for individuals with disabilities

• Guarantee Pay Equity

  • End exceptions in wage laws and workplace protections for individuals with disabilities.

• Create a National Office for Disability Coordination that works to make sure all public spaces are ADA compliant and works to protect the civil rights of individuals with disabilities

• End sub-minimum wages for workers with disabilities

• Increase federal government funding for students with disabilities

• Guarantee mental health care and community services as a right to all Americans

• Fight to end the mass incarceration of individuals with disabilities

  • Create standards for proper disclosure of medical history during a trial proceeding

  • Create a standard for competency screenings before criminal trials

  • Create community organizations that work to provide individuals with disabilities with the support they need to remain in the community

  • Enforce the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision