Lindsay E. Jones, the chief policy and advocacy officer for the National Center for Learning Disabilities, said she was particularly concerned to see guidance documents outlining how schools could use federal money for special education removed.

“All of these are meant to be very useful … in helping schools and parents understand and fill in with concrete examples the way the law is meant to work when it’s being implemented in various situations,” said Jones.

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“Much of the guidance around [the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act] focused on critical clarifications of the regulations required to meet the needs of students with disabilities and provide them a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment,” Scott said in a statement. “Notwithstanding the actions taken by the Department today, the regulations still remained enforced; however they lack the clarification the guidance provided.”

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“If the documents that are on this list are all covered in newer documents that were released — which sometimes does happen — that would be fine,” said Jones.” Our goal is to make sure that parents and schools and educators understand how these laws work, and the department plays a critical role in that.”

In between this, 

the current bill in Congress weakening the ADA that pits an individual against business in compliance with accessibility regulations – as if individuals have the same resources and power as businesses, 

and the repeated threats of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare seen in any version of repeal and replace of the ACA out there, and now the House’s tax cut plan that includes privatizing Medicare and, yet again, block-granting Medicaid, 

The republicans in this administration and Congress are really gunning for people with disabilities. 

DeVos rescinds 72 guidance documents outlining rights for disabled students