DON'T LEAVE US BEHIND!
A National Rally to Preserve Civil Rights, under I.D.E.A, for Students with Disabilities
Tuesday June 17, 1-2:30 p.m.
Dirkson Senate Office Building, Room G50

Co-Sponsors for this Event Include:

American Association of People with Disabilities
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
National Disabled
Student Union
National Council on Independent Living
TASH
National Down Syndrome Society
The National Center for Law and Education
National Down Syndrome Congress
International Rett Syndrome Association
The Arc of the U.S.
UCP

WHO ARE WE?

The national organizations represented here today are a coalition of students with disabilities, our parents/family members, and activists who are all concerned about preserving civil rights, under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), for students with disabilities.

WHY ARE WE HERE?

• 69% of young adults with disabilities are unemployed three to five years after high school, and
• Only 29% of employed young adults with disabilities earn wages above the poverty level.

Clearly, students with disabilities are not getting the education and training we need to succeed! And yet, as Congress works on reauthorizing I.D.E.A, the main piece of education legislation for students with disabilities, they are stripping us of our right to equal education rather than enforcing it.

The House of Representatives recently passed a bill, HR 1350, that we believe will drastically limit student's civil rights, school accountability, and will LEAVE BEHIND millions of students with disabilities!

WHAT DO WE WANT?

As students, parents, teachers, activists and citizens, we are here today to send a united message to the Senate that we will not tolerate any weakening of the civil rights of students with disabilities in this country.

We are calling on the members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to:

1. Reject the discriminatory provisions contained in HR 1350 and
2. Take the leadership in crafting a bill that enforces the right to equal education for students with disabilities

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please contact Sue Hetrick at 866-885-5733 (toll free), Email Sue

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