Thread by @C19LH_Advocacy

This month, we’re celebrating #DisabilityPride, recognizing how far we’ve come & also how far we have left to go to secure justice & equity for all people with #PWD in the U.S. Join us all month long to learn more & to celebrate the ADA anniversary later in July! #ADA2022 #C19LAP

This month, we’re celebrating the rights promised by the ADA & reflecting on what more must be done to make its promises a reality. 32 yrs later, disability remains a cause & consequence of poverty in the U.S. It’s time to secure economic justice for all disabled people! #ADA2022

According to polling from @TCFdotorg @DEJCollab & @DataProgress, 8 in 10 voters across the political spectrum support updating Supplemental Security Income’s outdated asset limit to help more people w/ disabilities thrive. Learn more: tcf.org/content/commen… #ADA2022

More than 3 decades ago, the ADA promised equal rights and opportunity for people w/ disabilities across the country. But today, economic security remains out of reach for far too many. Join us this month to celebrate the ADA & discuss how far we still have to go. #ADA2022

Supplemental Security Income (#SSI) provides critical support to millions of people w/ disabilities and their families. But the SSI program hasn’t been updated in nearly 40 years, consigning many to inescapable poverty. It’s time to update SSI! #ADA2022

One key step for breaking the link between disability and poverty? Updating the Supplemental Security Income program would cut the number of #SSI beneficiaries living in poverty in half, according to @UrbanInstitute: urban.org/research/publi… #ADA2022

Nearly 8 million disabled people & seniors rely on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to survive. But the program has not been updated in decades, trapping millions in poverty. #SSI beneficiaries share in their own words why we must update SSI: tcf.org/content/commen… #ADA2022

Nearly 40 yrs of shameful neglect of the #SSI program means it now traps millions of disabled people & seniors in poverty, when it was meant to provide a way out. Read more from @rebeccavallas on why we must bring SSI into the 21st century: tcf.org/content/commen… #ADA2022

Delivering on the promises of #SocialSecurity & #SSI requires adequately funding the @SocialSecurityAdministration. @kromig @bethanylilly @traceythomgron talked with @rebeccavallas about the human toll of defunding SSA: tcf.org/content/podcas… #ADA2022