We seek to better the lives of people with #disabilities by removing the barriers created by government programs and by advancing free-market solutions.
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Our Faces of Disability Crisis campaign is live!
In the coming weeks, you'll meet real individuals affected by U.S. disability policy -- and learn how Able Americans aims to change things for the better.
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While initially seen as helping the terminally ill amidst suffering, assisted suicide and euthanasia have been transformed into a social obligation to consider death on demand, any time, for anyone, for any reason.
👉 Read the full series:
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Powerful work from @RachKBarkley we cannot expand programs we are not managing effectively. Ignoring fraud only weakens support. Will be sharing this widely. @tpapres take note.
Reform must do two things at once: root out improper payments and fraud, and strengthen the government's ability to recover misspent funds and hold bad actors accountable. 👇👇
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Canada is showing us the worst case scenario is actually happening. @AbleAmericans wrote about the dark history ableamericans.us/is-any-life…
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Able Americans is one of the only conservative think tank projects dedicated entirely to disability policy. ⬇️⬇️
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So what should “fraud reform that protects the vulnerable” actually look like?
➡️ Read here:
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People with disabilities shouldn't have to choose between greater independence and the support that makes it possible. ❤️
Learn more: AbleAmericans.us.
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American Airlines is adding wheelchair lifts at major hubs and implementing wheelchair movers to safely transport wheelchairs between terminals and aircraft. These changes will be in place by May 2027. ⬇️⬇️
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“Laws that enable physician-assisted suicide inculcate a harmful culture for people of all types of disabilities, and they are unfortunately spreading beyond Europe and Canada to the United States.” ⬇️⬇️
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🚨 Every state in America could be doing this right now. They’re not.
Instead, we see fragmented systems, passive outreach, and a continued failure to integrate ABLE into the very programs that serve people with disabilities every day—early intervention, Medicaid, HCBS waivers and waitlists, foster care, vocational rehabilitation, and education.
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Moving shouldn’t mean starting over. ‼️
For Jackie, crossing state lines could mean new assessments, the bottom of another waitlist, and losing access to critical support.
Disability services should move with the people who depend on them. 👏🏼👏🏼
➡️ Watch Jackie's Story in our Faces of the Disability Crisis series on YouTube.
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Reform must do two things at once: root out improper payments and fraud, and strengthen the government's ability to recover misspent funds and hold bad actors accountable. 👇👇
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Despite being the largest minority group, people with disabilities face systemic barriers like income gaps and limited access to resources. It's essential to examine the policies that shape their lives to ensure dignity, equality, and opportunity for all. 👏🏼👏🏼
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Medicaid was created in 1965 to ensure that Americans who were poor, elderly, or disabled could access basic health care. But for Americans with disabilities, Medicaid’s early design had a serious flaw: It was built around institutions.👇👇
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Dovie’s life was a powerful rebuke to the idea that disability makes a life less worthy of living. ‼️
In a moving article for @TheFP writer @madeleinekearns remembers her friend Dovie—and the warning he left behind about assisted suicide.
His life mattered. His voice still matters. 👏🏼👏🏼
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.@RachKBarkley woke from a day-long surgery to a terrifying new reality: she was paralyzed from the shoulders down.❗❗
She couldn’t move her arms, sit up, or feel anything below her chest. With swelling near the highly sensitive C5 level of her spinal cord, the focus immediately became survival.
➡️ Watch more on the @realdocspeaks podcast!
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If we do not take this stand, we are simply saying that, indeed, many lives are not worthy of living. ⬇️⬇️
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The goal of our system should be clear: Every person with a disability should have the support, choices, and opportunities needed to live a full and independent life in the community.
This toolkit provides practical solutions to help state leaders turn that vision into reality.👇🏼👇🏼
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In this powerful video, @RachKBarkley —now Director of Able Americans—shares her story of unexpected disability, the staggering financial costs of treatment and mobility, and the daily barriers millions of Americans face. 👇👇
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Equal access to transportation is not a privilege — it is a civil right. 👏🏼👏🏼
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🚨🚨 Talent isn’t the problem. Barriers are...
In 2025, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities was twice as high as it was for those without disabilities.
Closing this gap starts with removing barriers and expanding real opportunities to work. 👏🏼👏🏼
➡️ Learn more at AbleAmericans.us.
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