commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Section 504 protects access to public life. When we defend those most marginalized, everyone benefits. If 504 weakens, the country feels it. Protect 504. Public means everyone. #Protect504 #DisabilityRights 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 05/12/2025IDEA opened classrooms to millions of students who had been denied access. Fifty years later, federal oversight is being dismantled and the rights IDEA guarantees are at risk. Protect the promise. #IDEA50 #DisabilityRights 010
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Federal cuts to special education oversight are putting IDEA rights at risk. We cannot return to a time when children with disabilities were excluded from classrooms or denied support. Protect the promise. #IDEA50 #DisabilityRights 020
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 24/11/2025IDEA guarantees students with disabilities the right to an education that meets their needs. It requires schools to adapt content, methods, or environments so students can learn alongside their peers. Fifty years later, IDEA remains essential and must be protected. #IDEA50 #DisabilityRights 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 24/11/2025IDEA turns 50. Before 1975, most students with disabilities were shut out of public education. IDEA changed that by guaranteeing access and support. Its protections are still at risk. #IDEA50 #DisabilityRights #CommonCoalition 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 10/11/2025A federal judge ordered the White House to reinstate ASL interpreters at press briefings — affirming that equal access to government information is a civil right under Section 504. Access isn’t optional. Protect 504. Public means Everyone. #ASL #DisabilityRights #Protect504 021
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Everyone deserves the chance to work. When workplaces are inclusive, everyone benefits. This #NDEAM, let’s celebrate disabled workers and keep pushing for access, equity, and opportunity in every workplace. Access benefits everyone. #Protect504 #InclusionMatters 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Federal oversight is under threat. Mass layoffs have gutted OSEP, RSA, and key programs in HUD and HHS, agencies that protect education, housing, and healthcare for people with disabilities. This isn’t reform. It’s dismantling. Call Congress. Defend equality. #SaveOSEP 010
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Keep contacting your Legislatures to help ensure this does not get overturned! Your voice matters! 000
Reposted by @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.socialDisability Scoop @disabilityscoop.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education will leave only a handful of staffers in the agency's #SpecialEducation office, jeopardizing oversight of the nation’s programs for students with #disabilities, advocates say. www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/10/14/e...disabilityscoop.comEd Department Lays Off Nearly All Special Education StaffLayoffs will leave only a handful of staffers in the agency's special education office, jeopardizing oversight of the nation's programs for students with disabilities, advocates say. 114
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 14/10/2025✅ Call or email your Senators & Representatives Find them: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... ☎️ (202) 224-3121 ✉️ comments@whitehouse.gov Share your story and demand they reverse the layoffs. Protect children’s rights. Protect 504. #SaveOSEP #CommonCoalition 010
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 14/10/2025🚨 ACTION ALERT: Nearly 95% of staff at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) have been fired. OSEP enforces the rights of students with disabilities under IDEA. Without it, there’s no oversight or accountability. #SaveOSEP #Protect504 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Ramps. Elevators. Curb cuts. Captioning. Section 504 makes everyday life accessible — for parents, patients, older adults, and all of us. Get involved at common-coalition.org Protect 504. Public means Everyone. #Protect504 #CommonCoalition 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Ramps. Captions. Elevators. Access for all. Section 504 makes it possible. Protect 504. Public means Everyone. #Protect504 #CommonCoalition 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Section 504 goes far beyond classrooms — it shapes how we all move through public life. It ensures hospitals can’t deny care, polling places stay open, transit is accessible, and community spaces welcome everyone. These aren’t favors. They’re civil rights. #Protect504 Public Means Everyone 010
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 03/10/2025In schools, Section 504 ensures students can learn safely and participate fully—through medication access, safe transportation, and inclusive classrooms. Without it, children risk being left behind. Protect 504. Public is Everyone. #Protect504 #CommonCoalition 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 02/10/2025As schools face cuts to Medicaid and special education funding, Section 504 is more vital than ever. It ensures equal access, safety, and accommodations—benefits that create a safer learning environment for all students. #Protect504 #CommonCoalition 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 25/08/2025As students head back to school, remember why Section 504 matters. It ensures equal access and accommodations—ramps, extra test time, inhalers, assistive tech—so all students can fully participate. Disability protections strengthen schools for everyone. Protect 504. Public means everyone. 001
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is one of our most important civil rights laws. From classrooms to hospitals, it ensures equal access + reasonable accommodations. Disability is part of the human experience. Public means everyone. Protect 504. #Protect504 #CommonCoalition 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 22/08/2025This is unacceptable. A life was worth only a $30,000 fine in an Iowa state-run institution. Cuts to Medicaid HCBS are forcing more people into institutions, where neglect and worse occur. Contact your Representative: demand dignity, demand investigation. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/08/15/s...iowacapitaldispatch.comSecond death at state-run care facility triggers $30,000 fine • Iowa Capital DispatchFor the second time in eight months, the state-run Woodward Resource Center has been fined for contributing to the death of a resident. 010
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Senator Tom Harkin helped pass the ADA 35 years ago and signed his floor speech so his deaf brother could understand it. Today, those same civil rights are under threat. We're fighting to protect 504 because public means everyone. common-coalition.org #ADA35 #Protect504 #CommonCoalitionyoutube.comSenator Harkin Delivers Floor Speech in American Sign Language Upon Passage of the ADAYouTube video by Tom Harkin 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Think civil rights don’t affect you? Think again. Section 504 protects access to education, healthcare, transit, and civic life. But those rights are at risk. Protect 504: Public Means Everyone is a grassroots campaign in Nebraska and Iowa defending equal access for all. 000
commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Every slowdown is a win. 20,000+ comments later, DOE is not moving forward—yet. They’ve extended the effective date “to consider comments submitted in response to the direct final rule.” Way to go, everyone.disabilityscoop.comTrump Administration Delays Effort To Roll Back Federal Disability Rights ProtectionsFederal officials say they will hold off on a plan to fast-track changes to a key disability rights law amid substantial pushback. 010
