The Department of Energy Is Quietly Slashing Disability Rights

The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights

In May, the Department of Energy quietly introduced a proposal to eliminate its longstanding requirement that new buildings receiving funds from the agency be accessible to disabled people—a rule in effect across the federal government since 1980, thanks to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. “Disability rights,” professor Jasmine Harris said, “are not uncontroversial as the Department of Energy claims.” According to a document published in t…

Why is it not a surprise they’re going after the disabled? We have until Monday, June 16, 8:59 pm PDT, to flood them with “significant adverse comments!”

Let’s see…who else in history made it their priority to go after gay and transgender people, those without citizenship (Jews), unions, political opponents and disabled people? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jordan Christian LeVan (@fightingformyvoice) (DREDF.org) “The Department of Energy (DOE) is trying to get rid of important rules of Section 504! DOE is trying to change the rules that new buildings must be accessible to people…

From Policy to Practice: Recent Supreme Court Judgments on Disability Rights Lapses

Recent Supreme Court judgments in 2025, and before that in 2024, have placed renewed focus on the state’s failures in implementing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. With mounting non-compliance across multiple states and union territories, these rulings now compel authorities to operationalize statutory mandates that have been long overdue. These developments sharply…