DRM Priorities - FY2026
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Priority 1: Eliminate Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation.
People with disabilities will be safe. No one should be hurt, neglected, restrained, or secluded. Basic personal rights will be guaranteed.
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Priority 2: Reduce the Use of Guardianship.
People with disabilities will be free from guardianship. They will be supported to exercise and use less restrictive alternatives to guardianship.
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Priority 3: Improve Access to Disability-Related Supports and Services.
People with disabilities will be afforded due process with regard to decisions that reduce, eliminate or restrict their rights and the services they receive.
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Priority 4: Increase Access to Competitive Integrated Employment
People with disabilities will have access to employment and employment services in integrated settings. They will not be subjected to unlawful disability-based discrimination.
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Priority 5: Challenge Housing Discrimination
People with disabilities will receive the services they need to live in the community in the most integrated setting possible. They will direct their own services and supports whenever possible.
People with disabilities will live in safe, accessible, and affordable housing.
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Priority 6: Increase Access to Inclusive Education
Children with disabilities will have access to a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. They will not be restrained or placed in seclusion. They will have effective transition planning.
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Priority 7: Ensure Access to Voting
Individuals with disabilities will be ensured full participation in the electoral process.
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Are these the right priorities for DRM's work?
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Please explain:
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Systems Change: DRM advocates for individuals and for changes to systems that serve people with disabilities. Currently, DRM spends half of its staff time on individual cases and the other half on systems change work.
Systems change work focuses on policies and broad issues that create barriers for all people with disabilities. This can work can include monitoring facilities, investigating abuse and neglect, and working to make better policies. Systems change work is about helping many people with disabilities, not just one person.
Focusing more on systems change work would mean that we would be taking less individual cases for individual clients.
Do you think DRM should continue prioritizing individual work or should we spend more time on "systems" issues?
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DRM should continue to focus on individual case work for at least half of its workload.
DRM should do more systems change work (which will mean taking less individual cases).
Please tell us why you feel this way:
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What's missing? I think DRM should also work on:
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Any other comments or suggestions?
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