Disability Rights Ohio

05/29/2026

“To say ‘they're just being helped with chores and menial tasks’ when you yourself have never needed help brushing your own teeth or physically doing laundry. Until you talk with the people who have these lived experiences, you’ll never know or understand the harm that will come from losing these services.”

Read more: disabilityrightsohio.org/news/advocacymatters-leading-through-lived-experience

05/27/2026

Time is running out! Our annual survey closes this Friday, May 29th.

Your experience can help shape our work in the coming year. Please visit www.disabilityrightsohio.org/survey to get started.

05/26/2026

Action Alert – Contact Your Legislator!

Legislators must involve people with disabilities in the Medicaid reform process.

Click here to take action:

Governor DeWine recently announced emergency initiatives that impact people who receive home and community-based services. These include:

05/22/2026

"When allegations are made and measures are proposed that will disrupt life and upend care for people with disabilities, they must be included, valued, and considered."

The Guise of Doing Right: disabilityrightsohio.org/news/advocacymatters-the-guise-of-doing-right

05/20/2026

“Ohio cannot afford policies that drive caregivers out of the workforce, discourage providers from participating, or treat vulnerable populations as potential criminals simply because they require care.”

READ MORE: www.disabilityrightsohio.org/news/ohioans-with-disabilities-sound-the-alarm-after-latest-attack-on

05/19/2026

"People with disabilities who depend on these services have not been given a seat at the table in this process. When lived experiences are ignored and knowledgeable voices are silenced, harm can quickly follow."

Vivek Ramaswamy is escalating the fight over Ohio’s Medicaid system as GOP leaders accuse Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration of letting fraud fester.

05/18/2026

We need you to help shape the future of our work!

Our 2027 Goals and Objectives Survey is open now through Friday, May 29th.

Responses to this survey will help inform our Goals & Objectives, defining our work in the coming year.

Learn more and take the survey at https://www.disabilityrightsohio.org/survey

05/15/2026

"𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞."

Ohio’s children and youth deserve better.

Read more: disabilityrightsohio.org/news/advocacymatters-they-deserve-better

05/14/2026

"This is a 911 call. This is kids are being hurt and things are not happening."

Children are supposed to receive mental health care. But Ohio's facilities are marred by abuse, bullying and intimidation, inspectors found.

05/13/2026

Today, DRO is releasing “Patterns Persist: Alarming Concerns in Ohio’s Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Youth,” a position paper calling for changes and improvements in the way the state enforces rules for Ohio’s youth residential treatment facilities (RTFs).

After 75 visits to Ohio Youth RTFs since 2020, DRO’s team identified persistent and pervasive problems within these facilities.

Ohio’s children and youth deserve better. Ohio has the potential to become a national leader in the provision of quality, safe, trauma-competent, and recovery-promoting care for children and youth.

You can learn more at www.disabilityrightsohio.org/patterns-persist

The full report can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/patternspersist