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🔔Advocacy alert. 🔔 On January 23, 2026, nine states—Alaska, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, South Dakota, and Texas—renewed a legal challenge against Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The revised version of Texas v. Kennedy (formerly Texas v. Becerra) takes particular aim at the integration mandate, which empowers individuals with disabilities to receive services they need in the most integrated setting appropriate.Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (commonly called Section 504) is an important law that protects people with disabilities, including individuals with Down syndrome, from discrimination. Section 504 was first implemented in 1977 and has been updated several times since then.The states bringing the renewed lawsuit are challenging the updated Section 504 rules. This includes the requirements that programs and organizations that receive federal financial assistance deliver services in the most integrated setting appropriate and avoid actions that put people at “serious risk of institutionalization.”Get active today!!! ... See MoreSee Less