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Holding Flagler School District Accountable for IDEA Violations

Protecting Students’ Educational Rights in Calhoun County

Crip the Holidays: Making Your Holiday Gathering Accessible

Happy Holidays from Disability Rights Florida to you! December is the month when we get the chance to celebrate some of our favorite holidays, connect with family, get time off work or school, reflect on the past year, and look toward a new one. As you prepare for your 2022…

Help Us Protect Housing Rights: Submit Comments about Florida’s Statewide Transition Plan Home and Community Based Settings Rule CMS 2249-F

Floridians with disabilities need your help to protect their housing rights. The Agency for Healthcare Administration is accepting comments about Florida's Statewide Transition Plan, Home and Community Based Settings Rule CMS 2249-F. Floridians living in Home and Community Based Settings (HCBS), like assisted living facilities (ALFs) and group homes currently…

Board Member Dr. Elizabeth Perkins Receives Prestigious Disability Award

Congratulations, Dr. Perkins! We are so proud to share that our board member, Dr. Elizabeth Perkins, is the 2022 recipient of the prestigious George S. Jesien Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)! This award recognizes someone who has demonstrated a distinguished career of excellence…

Lois Curtis and Her Legacy on Disability Rights

This month, the disability community lost a visionary, artist, oracle, and impactful leader: Lois Curtis. Lois Curtis is a Black disabled woman who passed in her home at 55. If you don’t know the name Lois Curtis, please read and learn about her and the immense impact she has had…

How COVID-19’s Impact on Schools Resulted in Inaccessible and Unsafe Busing

15 Best Online Accessibility Practices

Accessibility is important to make social media, websites, and digital resources available for all people, especially people with disabilities. However, it can take time to learn how to make your online space more accessible. We've created a list of our 15 best accessibility practices to make it easier for you…

Disability Rights Florida stands in solidarity with Florida’s transgender and gender non-conforming youth in response to Florida’s gender-affirming healthcare ban

Disability Rights Florida stands in solidarity with transgender and gender non-conforming people who were recently stripped of their right to access essential, medically-necessary gender-affirming healthcare. Disability Rights Florida is disheartened and deeply disappointed by the Board of Medicine’s newly adopted standard of care which does not allow doctors to prescribe…

Administrative Complaints

Administrative complaints are legal actions we take to make large change across the state. View some of our adminstrative complaints we've filed below. What are Administrative Complaints? An administrative complaint is a legal action we take to make systemic change across the state. We can submit complaints against organizations, school…

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