August 16, 2019-The Arc Rejects President Trump’s Comments on Bringing Back Institutions
Washington, DC – The Arc, the nation’s largest civil rights organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), which was founded by parents and family members who rejected institutions and fought for decades to close them, released the following statement on President Trump’s comments about creating new institutions for people with mental health needs. Read more
August 16, 2019-In Trump’s world, it’s easier to regulate the bodies of disabled people than to limit deadly weapons
(CNN)On his way to a rally in New Hampshire on Thursday, Donald Trump unveiled his latest musing — to incarcerate the vulnerable. This time, he’s coming for people with mental illness, suggesting that the United States build more mental institutions because of mass shooters. Worse, it’s all too possible some Democrats are going to help him round us up. Standing before his helicopter, Trump
August 16, 2019-Trump misses the blazingly obvious reason we know mental illness doesn’t cause mass shootings
Donald Trump has a cycle after a mass shooting: First he pretends he might embrace some new gun safety laws, and then he backs away. After El Paso and Dayton and Gilroy, we’ve now reached the backing-away stage, and it’s a doozy. Sure, “We’re looking at the whole gun situation,” Trump told reporters Thursday, before pivoting quickly. “I do want people to remember the