Tag: Section 504
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The Fight for Disability Rights

Special Education is inherently political. Services that seem to be ubiquitous today seemed unobtainable not too long ago. The rights and protections afforded to students and people with disabilities are the product of organizers, parents, advocates, and disabled individuals themselves relentlessly demanding them. However, partially due to the stigmatization that is still placed upon those…
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Section 504 and Trans rights

The Supreme Court’s ruling to allow West Virginia to discriminate against trans athletes is connected to a Texas lawsuit targeting disability rights The Supreme Court The Supreme Court in its current composition has made several decisions that have appeared to be a deliberate attempt to undo decades of social progress in the United States. In…
