News Items - April 4, 2026
Editor's Note: The disability community is increasingly preferring to use identity-first language (disabled person) in place of person-first language (person with a disability). This is because many in the community view disability as being a core component of identity, much like race and gender. Some members of the community, such as people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, still prefer person-first language. Both should be considered valid. Articles shared in this newsletter may contain one or the other (or both) depending on the author's preference, and if they themselves have a disability.
Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Are Threatening to Shutter Hospitals Across the US by Jake Johnson of CommonDreams on March 31, 2026 at Truthout
"The advocacy group Public Citizen released a report Monday identifying 446 hospitals that could be forced to reduce services or close because of the Trump-GOP Medicaid cuts, which will amount to around $1 trillion over the next decade. The at-risk hospitals collectively served 7 million patients in 2024, according to Public Citizen’s analysis."
Recovery Advocates Urge Congress to Oppose SAVE America Act and Protect Voting Rights Press Release by The National Disability Rights Network on April 2, 2026
"In this letter, mental health and substance use recovery advocates, along with disability rights organizations, are urging Congress to reject the SAVE America Act. Instead, they advocate for protecting and expanding access to the vote for people with disabilities. They stress that voting is a basic right and that access to voting is a disability rights issue."
A4TE and LGBTQI+ Survivors Condemn Supreme Court Decision Undermining Protections for Youth from Conversion Therapy Press Release by the Advocates for Trans Equality on March 31, 2026
"Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) and the law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel respond today to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar, which reversed and remanded the lower court’s decision upholding Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law that prohibits efforts to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity by licensed providers."
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