Thread by @JenniAgitator

VA AG @JasonMiyaresVA lied about outcome of Christopher Seaman v Commonwealth of VA lawsuit. First off, plaintiffs were never asking to restore mandated universal masking in all schools. EO2 & SB739 were dangerous & discriminatory bc they allowed no exceptions for disability

They were blanket laws that disallowed school divisions to provide reasonable safety measures for disabled children. States can’t pass any blanket law that disallows schools to accommodate disability. This is in direct violation of Americans with Disabilities Act; it’s illegal.

Both Gov @GlennYoungkin and @JasonMiyaresVA also threatened to retaliate against any district who decided they must mask people around a specific medically fragile child. So, plaintiffs asked Judge Moon to allow districts to accommodate 12 children w/complex medical needs

As the laws were written, and subsequent retaliatory threats by the Governor and AG after they passed, they directly violated civil rights for disabled children enshrined in the ADA, which set a dangerous precedent other governors or legislatures might follow in other states.

This is a significant precedent beyond these 12 children, Youngkin, or Miyares, and tells politicians that passing laws attempting to override federal civil rights protections for disabled students in schools is illegal.

Plaintiffs sought relief from court for their 12 medically fragile children to have their kids’ ADA rights protected from state encroachment. The order empowers other parents to cite this as precedent to seek reasonable accommodations for their own kids w/complex medical needs.

Judge Moon’s order allowed parents of medically fragile children to seek protections for their children from school districts without the threat of retaliation against districts if they followed the law and accommodated these students.

The “winner” of Christopher Seaman v Virginia was children w/complex medical needs, not just in VA, but anywhere governors/legislatures think they can pass state laws that override federal civil rights protections. @JasonMiyares making this order about him reveals his depravity

GOP, @GlennYoungkin @JasonMiyares bang on about “listening to parents,” but interesting the parents they refuse to listen to. Sad parents of the most vulnerable children were forced to go to federal court to be heard by those who claim they are all about “listening to parents”

12 medically fragile children won this round. The rest remains to be seen. ADA rights and protections for children with complex medical needs won in this order. And @GlennYoungkin & @JasonMiyaresVA who don’t listen to those of us with high support needs disabled children, LOST.

Dear @GlennYoungkin & @JasonMiyaresVA you spent months campaigning on your listening to parents. You have failed to listen to parents of disabled children. You attempted to take a wrecking ball to the ADA. You don’t hear us at all, but #WeSeeYou, and we aren’t standing down.

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