Wisconsin Public Education Network joins hundreds of national and state organizations opposing the latest cuts to special education by signing on to a letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Reduction in Force at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and other offices drafted by a broad coalition of disability, civil rights, and education organizations. A full list of signatory organizations as of 12pm on October 16 is listed below.
Wisconsin Public Education Network urges individuals and organizations to take action immediately to protect our most vulnerable students: https://www.wisconsinnetwork.org/news/urgent-protect-wisconsin-kids-from-special-education-cuts
National Organizations:
AACTE: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Access Ready Inc.
Accessible College LLC
ACVREP
Advocacy Without Borders
AFT, AFL-CIO
All4Ed
Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools
Allies for Independence
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
American Association on Health and Disability
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Council of Blind Families
American Council of the Blind
American Council of the Blind Next Generation
American Foundation for the Blind
American Music Therapy Association
American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
American Psychological Association
American Therapeutic Recreation Association
Angelman Syndrome Foundation
Applied Self-Direction
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)
Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL)
Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO)
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Association of Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD)
Attendance Works
Autism Science Foundation
Autism Society of America
Autism Speaks
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Beyond-Impact LLC
Black Down Syndrome Association
Calculus Roundtable
Caring Across Generations
CASA
CEC Division on Visual Impairment and DeafBlindness
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Center for Public Representation
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
Coalition on Human Needs
COLLABORATIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY
Common Coalition
CommunicationFIRST
Complex and Chronic Conditions, The Division for Physical, Health and Multiple Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children (CCC-DPHMD)
Council for Exceptional Children
Council for Learning Disabilities
Council of Administrators of Special Education
Council of Citizens with Low Vision International
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR)
Cure SMA
Dan Marino Foundation
DCDT
Deaf Equality
Defense of Democracy
Dicapta
Disability Belongs
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Disability Workforce LLC
Disabled Martial Artists Alliance
Diversability LLC
Diverse Charter Schools Coalition
Division for Communication, Language and D/HH
Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners (DDEL)
Division for Early Childhood
Division for Emotional and Behavioral Health (DEBH)
Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Division for Research, Council for Exceptional Children
Division of International Special Education and Services
Division of Leaders and Legacy
Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities
Division on Career Development and Transition
Down Syndrome Affiliates In Action
Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta
Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network
Easterseals, Inc.
EDGE Partners
EdTrust
Educating All Learners Alliance
Education Law Center
Educators for Excellence
Epilepsy Foundation of America
First Focus on Children
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics
GLSEN
Griffin-Hammis Associates
Healthy Schools Campaign
Inclusive Development Partners (IDP)
Innovations in Special Education Technology (ISET) Division of Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
International Council on Development and Learning
Joint National Committee for Languages
Lakeshore Foundation
Low Vision Technology
MomsRising
Muscular Dystrophy Association
NAACP
National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE)
National Association for College Admission Counseling
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD)
National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Statewide Independent Living Councils (NASILC)
National Association of the Deaf
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
National Center for Learning Disabilities
National Charter Collaborative
National CMV Foundation
National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID)
National Council for Languages and International Studies
National Council on Independent Living
National DeafBlind Coalition
National Disability Action
National Disability Institute
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Society
National Education Association
National Family Association for DeafBlind
National Federation of the Blind
National Health Law Program
National Parents Union
National PLACE
National Rehabilitation Association
National Rural Education Association
National Women’s Law Center
Network of Occupational Therapy Practitioners with Disabilities & Supporters (NOTPD)
Orientation and Mobility Specialist Association
OT Leaders & Legacies Society
Parents for Public Schools
PreK-12 Programs, New America
Prevent Blindness
School Social Work Association of America
SchoolHouse Connection
SELF – Special Education Leader Fellowship
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, Inc.
Success Beyond Sight
TASH
TDIforAccess
Teach Plus
Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children
The Ability Challenge
The Advocacy Institute
The Arc of the United States
The Association for the Gifted – Council for Exceptional Children
The Carroll Center for the Blind
The Center for Enriched Living
The Center for Learner Equity
The Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy, and Innovation
The Division of Evaluation and Assessment for Learning (DEAL)
The Gibney Family Foundation
The Hussman Institute for Autism
The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health
The National Association for Down Syndrome
The National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS)
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
The Sibling Leadership Network (SLN)
Touch the Future Inc
Tourette Association of America
TSC Alliance
UnidosUS
United Spinal Association
United States International Council on Disabilities
VisionServe Alliance
Yes! Access.
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State and Local Organizations:
ABLE New Hampshire
Able South Carolina
Advance Illinois
AFT Massachusetts
AHRC Nassau
AHRC NYC
Alabama Association of School Psychologists
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program
Alaska School Psychologists Association
All Blind Children of Texas
Alliance of and for Visually Impaired Texans
American Council of the Blind of Indiana
American Council of the Blind of Ohio
Arc Mid-Hudson
Arc of Onondaga
ARC of Rockland
Arizona Council for Exceptional Children (AZCEC)
Arizona Statewide Independent Living Council
