Kim Perales<p>"US Dept of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a>: the last resort for parents who say Idaho has failed to educate their children. In 2023 it ordered ID to stop blocking some students with learning <a href="https://toad.social/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a>, from special ED. It flagged ID’s own reviews of districts & charters obscured the fact that just 20% were fully complying with the fed disability law. Last yr, it told ID: must end long delays in svcs for infants & toddlers w disabilities...</p><p>🚨Trump's pledged to dismantle it.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/ADA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/departm</span><span class="invisible">ent-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump</span></a></p>
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Justice department removes disability guidelines for US businesses;
Multiple pages scrubbed from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website due to a Trump order
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/justice-department-disability-business-guidelines
#a11y #politics #UnitedStates #ADA #news #accessibility
The Guardian · Justice department removes disability guidelines for US businesses
Today I saw a woman and her adult daughter with disabilities get out of an older Tesla, from the plate about 2016/7. And I couldn’t help but think that this woman is saving a couple hundred on fuel costs per month that she probably is putting away for her daughter’s care…then how that young woman may end up on the streets or in a horrific care center if #SocialSecurity and #ada are dismantled…
Headline: The Trump Administration Has Made 150 Million American Workers Newly Vulnerable to Workplace Discrimination
Source: Center for American Progress
From the article: "Essentially, all employees and job seekers, a total of approximately 153 million Americans, benefit from the protections the EEOC provides. The Equal Pay Act—a law requiring equal pay for equal work that the EEOC enforces—covers virtually all employers, while other laws enforced by the EEOC apply to all but the smallest employers. Whether they work in the private sector or for the government, practically all employees and those applying for jobs are protected by the EEOC against illegal employer actions" (Annotations removed for clarity)
#EEOC #EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission #AcceptanceMatters
#Discrimination #Disabled #Ableism #ADA #Elderly #Ageism #Minorities #PeopleOfColor #Racism #Gender #Sexism #Pregnancy
#SexualOrientation #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQDiscrimination #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #TransgenderDiscrimination #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary
#HumanResources #Recruiters #TalentAcquisition
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #ThePoliticsOfGreed
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https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administration-has-made-150-million-american-workers-newly-vulnerable-to-workplace-discrimination/
Donald Trump announced the names of five digital assets he expects to include in a new U.S. #crypto #strategic #reserve on Sunday, spiking the market value of each.
Trump said on social media that his January executive order on digital assets would create a stockpile of currencies including
#bitcoin , #ether , #XRP , #SOL and #ADA .
The names had not previously been announced.
The assets rose 8% to 62% in trading on Sunday.
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@ncweaver.skerry-tech.com note that it's all donor coins - #SOL (#Solana, backed by "crypto czar" #DavidSacks), #XRP (#Ripple, CEO is megadonor #BradGarlinghouse), and #ADA (#Cardano, created by #CharlesHoskinson). Trump only added bitcoin and ethereum a few hours later.
The price of all these tokens massively spiked 10-35% on the news as people seek to front run the American taxpayer’s “investment”.
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Mind blowing! Somehow I thought that all #government offices had been updated to comply with #ADA...
Of course all forward progress will stop, perhaps be reversed, under the #Trump administration.
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Locally, that would not be the case. However, there is long walk through the tunnel system between the jury plaza and the various court buildings. No stairs, though.
The jury plaza is newish. It was built after the #ADA.
Still boosting because our tunnel system cannot be used by white cane travelers without a sighted guide.
Accommodations designed for people with #disabilities often benefit everyone. Examples include captioning, visual instructions, and remote work options, according to a professor of disability studies: https://buff.ly/3CVmteh
Lauren Shallish, Rutgers - Newark #ADA #DEI #workplace #universaldesign
The ConversationWhy including people with disabilities in the workforce and higher education benefits everyone
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In #Utah, residents who receive fluoridated water…experience tooth decay at rates 25-50% lower than other residents, acc/to the Utah Dental Assn. The group blasted the bill, urging residents to call Cox’s office to demand a veto.
…The group’s national counterpart, the #ADA, sent a letter to Cox on Tues to similarly urge a veto.
“17 GOP state AGs are trying to scrap a 1973 law that protects people w/disabilities from discrimination & ensures equal access to education, healthcare, employment etc. The states say they're only targeting the addition of gender dysphoria—but they're not.”
-R Sollenberger
Many Republican political leaders are inhumane ableists.
Fast Company · 17 red states are suing to end federal disability protections. Here’s how you can support Section 504GOP attorneys general want to undo more than 50 years of legal rights because a portion of disability law was expanded to cover gender dysphoria.