The Brian Lehrer Show

Are Federal Disability Rights At Risk?

October 6, 2026·24 min
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Rose Broderick, disability in health care reporting fellow at STAT News, shares her reporting on major federal rollbacks of landmark disability protections such as Section 504, as well as broader trends in federal disability rights.Photo: Disability rights activists and caregiving advocates hold a vigil in front of the US Capitol to urge Congress to include full federal funding for home and community based care services in President Biden’s Build Back Better budget package on October 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Larry French/Getty Images for The Arc of the United States) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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