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Historic Jackson lawsuit comes to an end

Historic Jackson lawsuit comes to an end

by Disability Rights NM | May 12, 2022 | Litigation, News

DRNM filed the Jackson lawsuit in 1987 to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who were institutionalized in state facilities in Los Lunas and Fort Stanton. After a long trial we were able to convince the federal court that the residents...
Historic Jackson lawsuit comes to an end

Medically Fragile Children Denied Necessary In-Home Nursing

by Disability Rights NM | May 3, 2022 | Litigation, News

On April 28, 2022, Disability Rights New Mexico, alongside our litigation partners from New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty and private counsel, filed M.G. v. Scrase on behalf of all medically fragile children under the age of 21 who qualify to receive private duty...

The Fierce Urgency of Now

by Disability Rights NM | Jan 14, 2022 | News

Message From The CEO: The Fierce Urgency of...

Investigations in 18 States Find Serious Abuse at For-Profit Youth Facilities

by Disability Rights NM | Nov 12, 2021 | News

The National Disabilities Rights Network (NDRN) released a report regarding for-profit residential facilities for youth, informed by the great work of the Protection and Advocacy Organizations, such as DRNM, that monitor them.  New Mexico is mentioned in this report....

COVID-19 Materials for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Care Providers

by Disability Rights NM | Sep 8, 2021 | News

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/humandevelopment/documents/covid-easy-read/CDC-RTI-Vaccine-Social-Story-508.pdf...

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  • Historic Jackson lawsuit comes to an end
  • Medically Fragile Children Denied Necessary In-Home Nursing
  • Advocacy work Highlighted
  • The Fierce Urgency of Now
  • DRNM to Continue Providing Services to the Disability Community during COVID-19 Crisis

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    Disability Rights New Mexico

    3916 Juan Tabo Blvd., NE
    Albuquerque, NM 87111
    Office:  (505) 256-3100
    Fax: (505) 256-3184

    The Disability Rights New Mexico’s office is in the James Jackson Center for Disability Rights building. The Center is just east of the traffic light intersection of Juan Tabo Blvd., NE, and Juan Tabo Place, NE, between Comanche and Montgomery.

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