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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

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We advocate for the civil rights, full inclusion, and equality of children and adults with mental disabilities. linktr.ee/TheBazelonCenter

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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICYMI: The Trump admin weakened a key tool for expanding employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Without numbers, goals, and benchmarks, how do you meaningfully measure progress?
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The DOJ moving to eliminate community integration for disabled folks. It's time to ask your state lawmakers, governors, and attorneys general to commit to Olmstead and vow that they will not join these shameful attacks on disability rights.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At a time when the federal government is requiring people to work in order to keep desperately needed Medicaid benefits, it is dismantling tools that help people with disabilities get and keep jobs.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
REMINDER: The DOJ memo on Olmstead is not the law. But the Trump administration's misrepresentation of Olmstead is alarming. People should be concerned. Call your members of Congress and state governors and speak out against the memo!
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: 25 states sue the Trump Administration over Medicaid work requirements rule. The lawsuit argues that CMS's recent Medicaid work requirements rule goes beyond the law - and would put people who should be exempt at risk of losing their health coverage.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"For so many people who are institutionalized, their life is literally a hallway. I have been on those hallways with people. It is deadening." - Jennifer Mathis, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law www.npr.org/2026/06/20/n...
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DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization
The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last resort.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Last week, we joined @homelesslaw.bsky.social and advocates from across the country outside the Cicero Institute’s first-ever conference on homelessness to make one message clear: the solution to homelessness is housing.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Mental health crisis care should not depend on your zip code. CA legislators should REJECT Gov. Newsom's budget proposal and protect mobile crisis services as a state-wide mandatory MediCal benefit. #mentalhealth #gavinnewsom
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
People on Medicaid should not need a lawyer just to figure out what they should be doing to avoid losing their Medicaid coverage. www.disabilityscoop.com/2026/06/03/m...
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Medicaid Changes Will Push People With Disabilities Off Program, Advocates Warn
The Trump administration is unveiling long-awaited details about new, more stringent Medicaid eligibility rules and raising fresh concerns about implications for people with disabilities.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
GOOD NEWS: South Dakota has withdrawn from Texas v. Kennedy. This lawsuit has the potential to undermine the rights of disabled people to live and participate in the community. What began as a 17-state lawsuit is now down to 7! We need to keep speaking out until the remaining states follow suit.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Housing First works. Research shows that clearly. Meanwhile, the Trump admin’s shift toward institutionalization and the ‘treatment first’ model is ineffective, expensive, and fundamentally inhumane.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Connect. Don't control.
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Collective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month, join us May 21 at 6 PM ET for a virtual panel on our new joint report with @hrw.org and @nylpi.bsky.social. Register now at tinyurl.com/Crisis-Response-Panel And be sure to check out the the report at www.crdjustice.org/crisis-respo... [1/3]
Save the date graphic that features a photograph of two Telecare San Diego Mobile Crisis Response Team members, Monique Harris, a licensed clinician, and Ann Huynh, a case manager, providing crisis support to a person in Chicano Park, San Diego, California, in 2023. The two team members wear purple polo shirts, and one wears a purple cap; the person they are supporting stands with their back to the camera. A mural is visible behind them. Text on the graphic reads: “Save The Date. Alternative Mental Health Crisis Response Panel. Join us for a virtual panel discussion on the new joint report ‘Self-Determination is the Pathway to Liberation’: Alternative Mental Health Crisis Response in the United States. May 21, 2026, 6 PM ET / 5 PM CT / 3 PM PT. Register now: tinyurl.com/Crisis-Response-Panel.” The graphic includes the logos of Human Rights Watch, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and the Center for Racial and Disability Justice.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Author Daniel Bergner opens up about the harms of forced treatment. His brother’s experience on a psychiatric ward spurred a years-long investigation into the nature of our minds, the evolution of modern psychiatry, and alternative approaches to mental health care.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New rules requiring state and local governments to make their websites and mobile apps accessible are set to take effect later this month. But the rollout could be delayed. Covered entities have had two years (!) to come into compliance with the rule. People with disabilities deserve better.
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Deadline Nears For New ADA Requirements
New rules dramatically expanding the purview of the ADA are supposed to start taking effect later this month, but now disability advocates are worried that federal officials might be considering a del...
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
@ramirez.house.gov (D-IL) calls out the Department of Veterans Affairs’ true intent behind its guardianship initiative: targeting homeless veterans. Source: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. #veterans #DOJ #VA #homeless
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Brave New Films @bravenewfilms.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is happening in ICE detention right now. People with disabilities are being locked up. Share the trailer, then join the free virtual premiere - March 22 at 7PM PT. In-person tickets: bit.ly/4uomAov Virtual tickets: bit.ly/40qGGAO youtu.be/LVGV3nxki1c
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ICE: NO ONE IS SAFE - OFFICIAL TRAILER • BRAVE NEW FILMS (BNF)
YouTube video by Brave New Films
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The SAVE America Act would require many voters to provide specific proof of citizenship to register and a photo ID to vote. For many people, including people with disabilities, these extra steps can quickly become barriers that prevent them from registering and voting. #disability #voting
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🚨The Trump admin is moving to push homeless veterans into institutional or involuntary care by initiating guardianships. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
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V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A major disability rights case is unfolding now. Texas v. Kennedy could weaken protections that help people with disabilities avoid unnecessary institutionalization. Join our webinar with DREDF and partners to understand what’s happening and what’s at stake. Registration link in the comments.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The Trump admin has waged war on mental health care, Senate Finance Committee Minority members warn. But states have the legal tools - and obligation - to protect people with disabilities from losing coverage.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
1.7 million people. That’s how many could lose access to Medicaid-covered mental health care under Trumpcare, according to Senate Finance Dems. But states aren’t powerless. They have legal duties to protect people with disabilities.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
House Democrats kicked off a new AI Commission this week. As AI policy debates ramp up, let’s be clear-eyed about what deregulation efforts mean for people with disabilities. www.bazelon.org/ai-regulatio...
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AI Regulation Is Under Threat. Here’s What It Means for People with Disabilities | Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Taking steps that help people with disabilities avoid losing Medicaid coverage even though they remain eligible is not just good policy. It is also required by disability rights laws. www.disabilityscoop.com/2026/01/05/m...
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Medicaid Changes Could Limit Access For People With Disabilities, Advocates Warn
As federal officials begin to outline more stringent Medicaid eligibility rules, worries are running high about what the changes will mean for people with disabilities.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
AI innovation must not come at the expense of accountability. Intimidation-driven deregulation puts exactly that balance at risk. #mentalhealth #ai #trump
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Why are we sending police to mental health emergencies? #mentalhealth #police #emergencyservices
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Interesting read by @theintercept.com about the recent Supreme Court hearing in Hamm v. Smith. The Bazelon Center joined an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold precedent and protect people with intellectual disability from execution based on a holistic assessment of their disability.
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Alabama Begs Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Execute People With Intellectual Disabilities
The bizarre oral argument in Hamm v. Smith shows how decades of case law rooted in science is now under siege at the Supreme Court.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🚨BREAKING: the White House announced at 4:45pm ET signing ceremony today for what we expect to be the executive order on AI preemption. Check out our blog post to learn more about how AI is shaping healthcare decisions and what’s at risk for people with disabilities.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
October may be over, but disability inclusion isn't seasonal. #disabilityrights #disabilityemployment #mentalhealth
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The CDC is reportedly preparing to end existing telework accommodations for employees with disabilities despite a new HHS policy that permits telework as an option. This means workers would lose their approved accommodations and be forced to reapply, which could take six to eight months (!)
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National Health Law Program @nhelp.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
New brief! OBBBA’s Medicaid work requirements risk wrongful coverage loss for people with disabilities, older adults & caregivers. 🔗 healthlaw.org/resource/recommendati…
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Recommendations for Mitigating Harms to People with Disabilities, Older Adults, and Caregivers from Medicaid Work Requirements
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) establishes unprecedented work requirements in Medicaid expansion. Prior experience has shown that people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers who should be exempt from work requirements often lose coverage anyway due to poor outreach or excessive red tape. This co-branded brief offers implementation strategies to minimize wrongful coverage loss and protect people’s access to care due to these new policies.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
This Giving Tuesday comes at a critical moment for disability rights. We’re aiming for 100 donors today to unlock a $7,500 match! Stand with us: donatenow.networkforgood.org/1405635
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Proud to see our board chair, Eve Hill, and her colleagues recognized for their critical work holding the Trump Administration accountable for violations of disability rights. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Nation’s biggest law firms back off from challenging Trump policies
The pace generated by more than 390 lawsuits challenging Trump administration actions has lawyers from many firms working around-the-clock.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Irony: Medicaid “work requirements” risk stripping coverage from millions, including people who already work, while the administration bulldozes disability employment protections. You can’t champion work while dismantling the tools that make it possible. #Medicaid #disabilityrights
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
You can’t deliver a free appropriate public education for students with disabilities while you dismantle the teams that make it real. Over the weekend, ED cut them. A judge hit a temporary pause on some of the layoffs, but students still face real harm.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law @bazeloncenter.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The recent federal layoffs didn’t trim wasteful activity. They targeted the people who help kids with disabilities get a free and appropriate public education and those who keep mental health care accessible and disability rights real.
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