An Attack on One Disability Protection Threatens Them All
A federal lawsuit is putting disability rights at risk. It started as an attack on transgender protections. Now it has grown into something bigger.https://stateline.org/2026/05/06/how-a-legal-challenge-over-gender-dysphoria-became-a-fight-for-disability-rights/Eight states are asking a federal court to gut the integration mandate. That is the law that gives disabled people the right to live in their communities instead of institutions. The Supreme Court upheld it in 1999. If these states win, every family that gets denied community-based services would have to go to court on their own to fight back.Trans people and disabled people are not separate communities with separate problems. Many trans people are disabled. Many disabled people are queer. When one group loses federal protections, all of us are more vulnerable.
New Hampshire leaders need to hear from you. They need to know that people here are watching this case. They need to know that the integration mandate matters to real people in this state. Your message takes two minutes to send. It can make a real difference.
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