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VIDEO: New Mexico Voter Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Disability Rights New Mexico is excited to announce that the Sandoval County Clerk’s office now offers a video at all polling sites designed to make voting more accessible to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Federal law ensures equal access for persons...
DRNM files group complaint against APS for failure to provide transportation to students with disabilities.
DRNM has filed a group state complaint with the NMPED against Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) on behalf of 3 named clients and approximately 2,000 similarly-situated students who have been unable to access special education transportation services this school year....
Kevin S: A Scathing Report from Independent Monitors
Independent monitors produced a scathing assesment in a Sept. 18 letter to the acting secretaries of the Children, Youth and Families Department and Human Services Department. "CYFD and HSD have been on notice for the past 12 months that they have failed to live up to...
Special Education Stakeholder Listening Sessions 2023
The Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC) held a series of listening sessions this past summer to hear from public voices who have experience dealing with the special education system in our state, and to hear about how the system is working and what changes...
We Honor Judith Ellen Heumann, Disability Rights Activist 1947-2023
We are saddened by the passing of Ms. Heumann but celebrate the incredible life of such a great champion of disability rights. She was a brilliant and courageous leader. On August 5, 2020, DRNM hosted a showing of the film Crimp Camp. Through the efforts of...
Stop the School-to-Jail Pipeline in New Mexico
Trouble at school? Suspension, detention, expulsion, discipline problems? You may qualify for our free School to Jail Pipeline services: The goal is to help students with disabilities to have the supports they need in school and stop the pipeline. Do you have a...