by Disability Rights | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Left to Right: Steve Trujillo, Security Supervisor, Raphael Baca, Building Superintendent, Robin Garrison, Disability Rights New Mexico Advocate, David Pacheco Assistant Building Superintendent, Nathan Gomme, Director of the New Mexico Commission for Deaf and Hard of...
by Disability Rights | Oct 12, 2023 | News
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...
by Disability Rights | Sep 29, 2023 | Litigation, News
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...
by Disability Rights | Sep 22, 2023 | News
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...
by Disability Rights | Mar 6, 2023 | News
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...
by Disability Rights NM | Dec 19, 2022 | Litigation, News
People with opioid use disorders in New Mexico prisons experience painful and life-threatening consequences when the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) denies them access to medically necessary, physician-prescribed medications while incarcerated. The American...
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