DRCT Press Releases/Statements
Disability Advocacy Organizations Say State Fails to Address Needs of People with Disabilities and Individuals in State Custody in Broadly Promising COVID Test Kits, N-95 Masks First Come, First Served, 12/31/2021 [PDF Copy of the Press Release] [PDF Copy of our Letter to the Governor]
Disability Rights Connecticut Says State Department of Social Services Violates Federal, State Law in Denying Medicaid Coverage of Robotic Arm for Individuals with Severe Disabilities, 10/25/2021 [PDF Copy]
Statement by Disability Rights Connecticut, RE: Interview Comments by NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams, 9/28/2021 [PDF Copy]
Settlement Reached in ADA Complaint Filed by Disability Rights CT; $10,000 in Compensation, Revised Practices & Training at Hartford Hospital’s Institute of Living, 8/27/2021 [PDF Copy]
Federal Appellate Court Decision Upholds Right of Connecticut Students with Disabilities to Public Education Until Age 22, 7/8/2021 [PDF Copy]
Lawsuit Seeks to End Patient Transfers at Whiting Forensic Hospital; Recent Actions Violate Longstanding Court Order, 6/4/2021 [PDF Copy]
Expanded Eligibility for Special Education in Connecticut, 4/28/2021 [English] [Spanish]
Disability Rights Connecticut Seeks Expedited Action from U.S. Office for Civil Rights; Says Connecticut’s New COVID Vaccine Policy is Unlawful and Discriminatory, Places People at Increased Risk, 3/30/2021 [PDF Copy] [COMPLAINT]
Connecticut’s New COVID Vaccine Policy is Unlawful and Discriminatory; Complaint Filed with U.S. Office for Civil Rights Seeks Immediate Federal Investigation, Policy Revisions [PDF Copy] [COMPLAINT]
Lawsuit Seeks to End Physical and Psychological Abuse of People with Mental Illness Incarcerated in Northern Correctional Institution [PDF Copy] [COMPLAINT]
In the news
32 years after ADA, disabled people face barriers to employment, fair wage [PDF Copy]
Lamont secures 426,000 COVID tests; hospitals restrict visitors, CT Insider, 12/31/21 [PDF COPY]
For Connecticut people with disabilities, systemic change means assuring rights, opportunities are protected, CT Mirror, 11/26/2021 [PDF Copy]
Disability Rights CT Says Connecticut Violates State, Federal Law, Patch, 10/26/2021 [PDF Copy]
State Denies Wheelchair User Robotic Arm, 10/25/2021 [PDF Copy]
Data Shows Higher Numbers of Kids With Disabilities and Kids of Color Get Referred To Police, 9/15/2021 [PDF Copy]
Study: Police Referrals Disproportionately Affect Students With Disabilities, 9/13/2021 [PDF Copy]
Data: Students with disabilities aren’t faring well during the pandemic, 9/2/2021 [PDF Copy]
Settlement Reached in ADA Complaint Filed by Disability Rights CT, 8/26/2021 [PDF Copy]
Institute of Living Settles ADA Complaint, Ensures Access for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals, 8/6/2021 [PDF Copy]
Appellate Court Upholds Right of CT Students with Disabilities, 7/8/2021 [PDF Copy]
Suit wants high-security wing at state hospital to stay open, 6/4/2021 [PDF Copy]
Lawsuit over solitary confinement in limbo as state pushes for mediation, 4/30/2021 [PDF Copy]
Opinion: CT vaccine policy discriminates on basis of race and disability, 4/14/2021 [PDF Copy]
How people with disabilities are accessing the coronavirus vaccine, CTMirror, 4/7/2021 [PDF Copy]
As positivity rate climbs, CDC ranks CT third worst in nation for COVID cases per capita, CTPost, 3/30/2021 [PDF Copy]
Physicians’ biases, lack of knowledge, partly to blame for health care disparities among people with disabilities, 3/27/2021 [PDF Copy]
Disabled people overlooked in push to end pandemic, Bloomberg News, 3/19/2021 [PDF Copy]
Vaccine Rollout Leaves Behind the Blind, Paralyzed, Autistic, Bloomberg Equality, 3/18/2021 [PDF COPY]
Mothers advocating for young people with medical conditions amid stat’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, The Day, 3/10/2021 [PDF Copy]
Vaccine Rollout Discriminates Against Conn. Residents of Color, Federal Complaint Alleges, CNPR, 3/9/2021 [PDF COPY]
Vaccine rollouts discriminates against CT residents of color, federal complaint alleges, CTMirror, 3/8/2021 [PDF Copy]
Connecticut organization allege Lamont’s age-based COVID-19 vaccine rollout discriminates against Black and brown residents, Hartford Courant, 3/8/2021 [PDF Copy]
Some States Drop CDC Guidelines and Vaccinate People by Age Group, NPR, 3/3/2021 [PDF Copy]
Legislation and Lawsuit Take Aim At Solitary Confinement in Connecticut Prisons, CT Examiner, 3/2/2021 [PDF Copy]
Connecticut school districts begin planning vaccine clinics, AP News, 2/25/2021 [PDF Copy]
State's Age-Based Vaccine Plan Faces Civil Rights Challenge, NBC Connecticut, 2/25/2021 [PDF Copy]
Disability rights group files civil rights complaint over CT vaccine plan, CT Post, 2/25/2021, [PDF Copy]
Disability Rights Connecticut files federal civil rights complaint claiming state’s age-based plan for COVID-19 vaccinations is discriminatory, Hartford Courant, 2/25/2021 [PDF Copy]
Disability Rights CT files federal complaint over age-based vaccine rollout, CT Mirror, 2/25/2021 [PDF Copy]
Disability Rights Files Complaint over Vaccine Schedule, CT News Junkie, 2/25/2021, [PDF Copy]
“'What Is Going on There Is Gross': Why Attorneys Are Tracking This Federal Lawsuit,” Connecticut Law Tribune, 02/05/2021 [PDF Copy]
“Disability rights group alleges abuse of people with mental illness at state’s maximum-security prison in suit against Department of Correction” Hartford Courant, 02/04/2021 [PDF Copy]
“Nonprofit files lawsuit seeks to end ‘abuse’ of mentally ill inmates at Somers ‘supermax’ prison,” Journal Inquirer, 02/04/2021 [PDF Copy]
“Lawsuit: Mentally Ill Inmates Shackled, Isolated in Cells,” Associated Press, 02/04/2021 [PDF Copy]
“Disability Rights, ACLU Sue State Over Conditions at Supermax,” CT NewsJunkie, 02/04/2021 [PDF Copy]
Radio/video
Disability Rights Connecticut Launch Party on Priorities for 2022, 10/27/2021 (CT-N)
State's Age-Based Vaccine Plan Faces Civil Rights Challenge, NBC 30 Connecticut News, 2/25/2021
Group Says State's New Vaccine Policy "Unlawful", WTIC 1080 Newstalk, 2/25/2021 [PDF COPY]
Disability Rights Group Calls Foul On Connecticut Age-Based Vaccine Distribution, WSHU, Sacred Heart University, 2/25/2021 [PDF COPY]
Complaint: For Those With Disabilities, Underlying Conditions, Vaccine Policy 'Discriminatory', WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio, 2/25/2021 [PDF COPY]
