02/16/2025
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act protects individuals with disabilities and allows them to access health care, education, and employment. Seventeen states have filed a lawsuit in Texas that could declare the entirety of Section 504 unconstitutional.
With so much in the news about cutting costs, with a goal of efficiency over all the parents of kids with serious chronic illnesses,they are absolutely sick with worry for their children. They require wound care supplies that cost about 10-15k monthly. There are two FDA approved treatments for the condition that hopefully will help close the many wounds they have on their body’s faster ,and they are incredibly expensive. We rely on medical research to find ways to reduce the suffering. In order for them to be able to go to school, they require an aide, a full time employee whose sole job is to make it so that they can be able to come to school. Parents, us included are waiting with dread when we will hear that her medication is no longer able to be paid for, the research no longer has funding, or that the FDA approved treatments for their Lillys condition are now considered to be an expense worth cutting.
I want to advocate for the protection of 504. The removal of 504 protections would take away chances to learn, thrive, belong, and make the world a better place for countless Americans, and more personally, my granddaughter and many friends.
If you would like to help the many amazing people who benefit from 504, please follow the instructions below to count in the numbers voicing concern regarding this lawsuit.
Please open the link and sign the petition and send it to the governor. We cannot lose the section 504. Millions of lives depend on this.i have posted a pic in the comments with phone numbers and whom to contact incase you want to call. If you live in the state of ohio. Also posted here. —-> Senator Husted, Jon
State: Ohio
Contact:
198 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3353
Contact
2. Senator Moreno, Bernie
State: Ohio
Contact:
B33 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2315
Contact
3. Representative Rulli, Michael A.
State: Ohio
Contact:
421 Cannon House Office Building
(202) 225-5705
Contact
CONGRESS.GOV
Please go to the link and sign the petition and send this to the governor. Without the support from the section 504 ,
Lilly along with millions would be severely affected ! This is a for real issue and we (Lilly and Family) as well as many other families are very concerned and worried that they will lose their benefits that they so desperately need and is their lifeline.
Right now, a lawsuit called Texas v. Becerra is putting vital disability protections at risk. Seventeen states are suing the U.S. government to get rid of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a federal law that has safeguarded disability rights for over 50 years. If successful, this lawsuit could....
