Disabilities

It is almost like he doesn't want to see any disabled people! Why else would he cut funding and remove anything about the disabled?

Trump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilities

NPR | By Jonaki Mehta

Published October 1, 2026

For nearly 50 years, the federal government has said people with disabilities should live, work and learn in the most integrated setting possible rather than be segregated in institutions like nursing homes.

The Trump administration just took its most concrete step yet to reverse that position.

Last week, a federal judge agreed to strip out mentions of "integration" from federal regulations tied to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a landmark civil rights law that prohibits disability discrimination. The judge did so after the Justice Department declined to defend its own rules in a lawsuit brought by several states challenging the legality of those rules.

Part of what is so striking about Texas v. Kennedy is that the federal government was originally the defendant in that lawsuit, brought by states fighting what's known as the integration mandate. Then, it switched sides and agreed with the states that the requirement should be undone.

It is almost like he can't stand looking at a person in a wheelchair!

The court's decision removes regulations from Section 504 that explicitly required federally funded programs to provide services in the "most integrated setting."

"That lack of clarity will impact people's rights. It will likely impact what states do and how they behave," says Jennifer Mathis, a disability rights lawyer who helps lead the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

That all changed with Trump!

In recent months, the federal government, under President Donald Trump, began to publicly change its position: First, in June, the Justice Department issued an opinion saying it no longer interpreted disability law to "require states to treat mentally disabled patients in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs." The memo even noted its position is "out of step with the common understanding" of the Olmstead decision.

Then in July, the Justice Department announced it would stop relying on its own longstanding guidance explaining how it enforces the integration mandate.

Out of sight... out of mind.

As CDC redesigns annual health survey, it removes questions about disabilities

Changes could result in undercounting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

STAT News

By O. Rose Broderick

Oct. 1, 2026

A proposed redesign of the federal government’s annual health survey would result in significant undercounting of Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, according to advocates for the vulnerable population.

The National Health Interview Survey has historically undercounted people with disabilities, but the changes are a “head-scratcher,” said Katy Neas, CEO of The Arc, an advocacy group. “If we don’t have the government as a trusted source of data, asking questions about real people and what their real experiences are, we’re never going to get better [health outcomes],” she said.

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“It just feels like there’s one hit after another [from the Trump administration] and this particular hit would make it so that we know less about who is disabled in America and what their experiences are, and therefore we don’t have to worry about providing programs or supports for them,” said Jean Hall, disability scholar and professor emerita at the University of Kansas.

The PilieroMazza law firm writes;

Effective September 21, 2026, a final rule adopted by the United States Department of Labor (DOL)’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will eliminate several compliance requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 503). This follows a pattern of recent final rules issued by the OFCCP signaling the dismantling of protections afforded to minorities, women, and now, individuals with disabilities.

Self-Identification for Individuals with Disabilities Is No Longer Required

Takeaway: Federal contractors should remove Form CC-305 from their application packages and employee paperwork and should no longer require that applicants or employees self-identify their disability status.

OFCCP’s 7% Utilization Goal for Individuals with Disabilities is Eliminated

Takeaway: Federal contractors should no longer conduct a utilization analysis related to individuals with disabilities with the purpose of determining if they have hit the 7% utilization goal.

Other takeaways were...

Takeaway: Federal contractors should no longer document, collect, and maintain the following data:

The number of applicants who self-identified as individuals with disabilities;

The total number of job openings and jobs filled;

The total number of applicants;

The number of applicants with disabilities hired; and

The total number of applicants hired.

Regarding Trump's monstrosity, the Ballroom, it is not known if it had building code inspections and if it meets the codes for accessibility. We do know that that ballroom for several hundred people only had seven stalls for women! There is nothing known about whether any of them were accessible/ADA-compliant stalls.

Trump only wants to surround himself with beautiful people.

Nobody in wheelchairs.

No Blacks.

No Hispanics.

No flaming gays.

No trans people.

Only beautiful people!