REV UP Virginia

REV UP Virginia has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in August 2022. Besides social media accounts, revupva has populated their site with REV UP Virginia’s website, Action Alert: Protect Vote By Mail, Submit a Comment to the United States Postal Service (USPS) - AAPD, Participate in an Artistic Activism Action for Poll Worker Accessibility!, Moving Special Education Out of the Department of Education Risks Students’ Rights | The Arc, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Opposes Federal Extension of Section 504 Compliance for Digital Accessibility - AAPD, Webinar Registration for Caregiver Preparedness - March 7 at 1pm ET, Leading Disability Organizations: Delaying Digital Accessibility is Unacceptable - AAPD, brandeis.us19.list-manage.com, New law will enhance emergency response for people with disabilities • Virginia Mercury, New Report Finds Ongoing Accessibility Barriers at Virginia Polling Sites-DLCV, The Gen Z Election Defense Toolkit, Election Protection- 866ourvote.org, Information on REV UP Virginia’s website regarding Redistricting Question, Need to know where to vote early? Find your local election office here, Election Protection protects and empowers voters: learn more at upcoming information sessions, Make sure your absentee ballot is counted- REV UP Virginia website, Virginia Dept. of Elections: Early Voting Office Locations, SAVE America Act Makes Voting More Difficult for Disabled Voters – Contact Senators Warner and Kaine- REV UP Virginia Website, Sen. Tim Kaine’s Site, Sen. Mark R. Warner’s Site, In historic ruling, federal judge restores the voting rights of thousands of Virginians, including many disabled individuals- Information on REV UP Virginia’s website, Suicide Prevention for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities- February 20th at 12pm ET, Bob Kafka, Austin & Texas disability rights advocate, dies | KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station, Disability rights advocate Bob Kafka dead at 79 : NPR, "Don't Mourn, Organize" - AAPD Remembers Bob Kafka, REV UP Virginia YOUTUBE, Citizen portal: Register to vote, check registration and/or request mail in ballot, Article: Virginia’s autism community responds to Trump administration’s Tylenol claim, Election Protection, Article: ‘I’ll be stuck’ Virginians contemplate life without Medicaid as Congress considers cuts, REV UP VA 2025 General Assembly Legislative Discussions, Leading Disability Organizations: President Trump’s Blame of Deadly Plane Crash on Disabled Federal Workers Is Baseless, Irresponsible - AAPD, REV UP Texas on PBS - Voting and Accessibility, Press release: Victory! Virginia Voter Purges Put to a Stop Ahead of the 2024 Election | League of Women Voters, Virginia Dept of Elections Citizen Portal, AP article: Voters with disabilities are feeling ignored by presidential candidates, Options for Registering to Vote in VA- YouTube Video, Voting and Accessibility (Virginia Dept of Elections), Voter Registrar’s Office Reprinting and Remailing Mail-in Ballots(Virginia Beach), 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988 for ASL, National Alliance on Mental Illness, SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Virginia Mercury article: Virginia’s top elections official warns of possible delays in mail-in voting this year, Virginian Pilot Article: Voting easier than ever for citizens with disabilities, NYT Article: In Some States, Having a Guardian Means Not Having a Vote, A Proclamation on the Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 2024 | The White House, Disability Pride Month Reading List- Kids, Disability Pride Month Reading List- Adults, Worth a read/listen: As discrimination complaints soar, parents of disabled students wait for help, Speaking in Spoons: Social Security Disability, Supreme Court outlawed segregation of disabled people 25 years ago. But change has come slowly, Virginia disability advocates celebrate legislative wins (Brad Kutner), Facilities run by Virginia’s behavioral health agency don’t comply with parts of disability rights law, audit finds, Disabled Disrupters Team Application (ages 25 and under), HHS Issues New Rule to Strengthen Nondiscrimination Protections and Advance Civil Rights in Health Care, Press Release: Justice Department Launches Updated Voting Rights and Elections Website, The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Federal Laws Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities, Voting Experiences Since HAVA: Perspectives of People with Disabilities, Press Release: Justice Department Secures Agreement with City of Virginia Beach to Improve Access for Individuals with Disabilities, Justice Department to Publish Final Rule to Strengthen Web and Mobile App Access for People with Disabilities, Virginia Mercury article “ Virginia adopts regulatory changes for special education amid federal review”, Voting With a Disability: Breaking Down Barriers to the Ballot | ACLU, Traumatic Brain Injury Resources-disAbility Law Center of VA, Caregiver Preparedness Guide, The Role of The HHS Office of Civil Rights in Advancing Rights- Recording, Martin Luther King: Educational Book List, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: “When There’s a Crisis, Call a Peer: How People with Lived Experience Make Mental Health Crisis Services More Effective.”, Press release: Youngkin announces additional funding and waiver slots for virginians with developmental disabilities, December 13,2023, National Dialogue on Exploring the Future of Public Transportation Research, National Research Action Plan on Long COVID, People with disabilities need more options for voting, which could improve turnout, study says (Virginian-Pilot), AAPD’s End Subminimum Wage Petition- Sign TODAY!, AAPD- REV UP Tiene preguntas sobre votación ? Tenemos información y respuestas a todas sus preguntas, AAPD- REV UP’s State Voting Guides for Disabled Voters, Even if your rights have been restored and you have voted in the past, check that your registration is still valid use this site/Aunque sus derechos hayan sido restituidos y haya votado anteriormente, verifique que su registro siga siendo válido usa el s, Check to see if your rights have been restored or begin the restoration process/Consulte si sus derechos han sido restituidos o comience el proceso de restitución, NAMI- National Alliance on Mental Illness, News Coverage of Press Conference on WTVR— Voters with disabilities flex political muscle at the Virginia Capitol: 'Voting is our superpower’, El Departamento de Elecciones de Virginia- cómo registrarse para votar en Virginia en el sitio web (En la parte superior de la página puede cambiar el idioma a español), Engaging Voters with Disabilities - Nonprofit Vote, At Yale, a Surge of Activism Forced Changes in Mental Health Policies -Read or listen to article, HHS Invests $8 Million to Improve Health Care Access by Training New Physicians to Care for Individuals with Disabilities and Individuals with Limited English Proficiency, Virginia Mercury Op Ed : Power of the disability vote by REV UP Virginia Co-chair Helena Berger, 13 News Now-REV UP Virginia hosts disability voting rights event in Norfolk, DC News Now- REV UP Virginia urges voter registration among people with disabilities, Article: A SHARED STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY Disability Rights and Racial Justice, New bill aims to help low-income Americans with disabilities build emergency savings through a federal match, New proposal aims to permanently allow caregiver option for Va. disability program - Virginia Mercury, Picture Books to Celebrate Disability Pride Month | Parenting Tips &…, How Accessible were the Polls Really in 2022/Letter to commissioner/Election commission response, Special education clash: Supreme Court sides unanimously for student with disability, The World Mourns the Passing of Judy Heumann, Disability Rights Activist - Judy Heumann, Roanoke Times Article, Indiana agrees to provide voting tool to Hoosiers with print disabilities, The Virginian-Pilot article, Article: Will Fetterman's victory change the way the media covers disabilities?, NPR article: Lois Curtis, Election protection website, Resources for Blind and Low Vision Voters, Resources for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Voters, Voting info in plain language for persons with disabilities, REV UP Virginia in Celebrating All Abilities newsletter, REV UP Virginia in LWV’s article, GMU newspaper article, ExpressVote YouTube video.