The United States was unprepared to handle COVID-19’s outsize impact on the seniors and people with disabilities, and policymakers must implement permanent solutions to support the needs of these growing populations in future crises.
By Valerie Novack
COLUMN
As the economic and public health crises caused by COVID-19 intensify, lawmakers must act now to eliminate or raise asset limits so that people with disabilities are not trapped in poverty.
By Azza Altiraifi
COLUMN
The people most vulnerable to the coronavirus struggle as Congress neglects to provide lifesaving resources and supports in stimulus packages.
By Rebecca Cokley
COLUMN
The Senate’s coronavirus stimulus bill doesn’t do nearly enough to help families and small businesses.
By the Center for American Progress
COLUMN
A new CAP analysis shows that parents of young children with disabilities experience severe child care challenges and consequences from not finding care.
By Cristina Novoa
REPORT
General education teachers must be explicitly taught how to work with all students, including those with disabilities.
By Vasilisa Smith
COLUMN
The disability community is a growing political constituency, and the debates have yet to really address policy priorities affecting the 57 million people in this community.
By Rebecca Cokley
COLUMN
The nomination of Eugene Scalia could roll back decades of progress for workers with disabilities.
By Rebecca Cokley
COLUMN
In the wake of two mass shootings in a single weekend, Daniella sits down with CAP colleagues Chelsea Parsons, vice president for Gun Violence Prevention, and Rebecca Cokley, director of the Disability Justice Initiative, to try to make sense of it all.
By Daniella Gibbs Léger, Kyle Epstein, Chris Ford, Chelsea Parsons, and Rebecca Cokley
PODCAST
In order to advance economic security for people with disabilities, policymakers must level the playing field for disabled workers while also guaranteeing access to housing, nutrition, and health care for those who are unable to work.
By Azza Altiraifi
REPORT
Policymakers must invest in strengthening the direct care workforce in order to improve the quality of care delivered to patients and to achieve better value for every dollar spent on long-term services and supports.
By Madeline Twomey
REPORT
President Trump’s end run around Congress would take nutrition assistance away from at least 755,000 people.
By Donovan Hicks
COLUMN
The Senate’s new election reform package contains big wins for disabled voters—but it leaves some room for improvement.
By s.e. smith and Rebecca Cokley
COLUMN
Policymakers and economists must consider the challenges of disabled workers and other populations who face high labor market barriers when evaluating the health of the labor market and implementing policies that affect it.
By Nathan Smith, Galen Hendricks, Daniella Zessoules, Olugbenga Ajilore, and Michael Madowitz
COLUMN
Instead of protecting the rights of people with mental health disabilities, lawmakers are using the growing urgency around gun violence as a pretext to expand surveillance and criminalization.
By Azza Altiraifi and Valerie Novack
COLUMN