Oregon's Crisis Care Guidelines Invited Discrimination. We Successfully Fought for Stronger Protections.
Oregon's crisis care guidelines invited discrimination.
A Hospital Failed to Accommodate a Patient with Disabilities. She Pushed for Change, and Won.
Oregon Crisis Care Plan Harms People with Disabilities, People of Color, and Older Adults Tell Leaders: Our Lives Have Equal Value
Disability Rights Oregon filed a formal federal civil rights complaint against the State of Oregon challenging its Crisis Care Guidance. This plan discriminates against people with disabilities, people of color, and seniors.
COVID-19: Advocates ask Governor Brown to Protect the Health, Safety, and Independence of 950,000 Oregonians with Disabilities
In a letter to Gov. Kate Brown and other state officials yesterday evening, advocates with Disability Rights Oregon, the ACLU of Oregon, FACT Oregon, and the Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition asked the state to take action to meet the needs of Oregonians with disabilities, who are among those at greatest risk during the current public health crisis.
COVID-19 testing in Oregon remains insufficient
Halt Indefinite Detention of Defendants with Disabilities due to COVID-19
Closing the doors of the Oregon State Hospital (OSH) to defendants found unable to aid and assist in their defense during the COVDI-19 public health crisis means more people with mental illness will be stuck indefinitely in county jails.