Disability Rights Under Threat | Tulsa News

Tulsa News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 1, 2026 · 2m

The Trump administration’s latest moves threaten decades of disability rights progress, with critics warning that shifting special education oversight to HHS under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—whose past remarks on autism raise red flags—and new Justice Department guidance weakening integration mandates, could push people with disabilities back toward institutionalization. Advocates fear these policies signal a dangerous return to a “medical model” that prioritizes cure over accommodation, especially harming children in mainstream schools and undermining landmark rulings like Olmstead. Families and…