Section 504 | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act promised Americans with disabilities protections against discrimination and accessible accommodations in all federally-funded institutions. But three-and-a-half years later, it remained unenforced. Disability rights activists had enough. On April 5, 1977, demonstrations took place across the country at regional offices of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), the agency responsible for the regulations. In most places, the protests last

Posted @withregram • @ocjusticeinitiative Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a crucial law protecting the rights of people with disabilities, is currently under threat due to a lawsuit filed by 17 states against the U.S. government. While the law has not been abolished yet, there are serious concerns about its future. The Lawsuit In September 2024, 17 states, led by Texas, filed a lawsuit (Texas v. Becerra) challenging the constitutionality of Section 504. The states involved are Ala