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DRNM Investigates a Death at the Westside Emergency Housing Center
On March 8th, 2023, DRNM attorney Holly Mell received a report from a community member that an individual with died suddenly after falling from an upper bunk at the Westside Emergency Housing Center (the WEHC) on or around February 15th, 2023. DRNM conducted an...
Accessibility Improvements at the State Capitol
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...
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...