Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
If you had heard each of these, but framed so that Hitler did them, would they seem out of character? Would you have thought 'that can't be right?'
It's happening with regularity and each step is worse than the last.
Oct 2024 – Trump uses the "R-word" to describe Kamala Harris at a donor dinner.
Jan 20, 2025 – EO removes "gender identity disorder" from Section 504 disability protections.
Jan 29, 2025 – Trump blames FAA disability hiring policies for the Reagan Airport crash.
Mar 2025 – Dept of Education cuts ~50% of staff, gutting special ed oversight.
Mar 2025 – 11 pieces of ADA guidance withdrawn, covering accessible parking, restrooms, elevators, and hotels.
Mar 20, 2025 – EO to dismantle Dept of Education; special ed transferred to HHS.
Mar 27, 2025 – HHS announces elimination of the Administration for Community Living (ACL).
Apr 2025 – HHS Grants Policy bans DEIA, including the "A" for accessibility, for all grantees.
Apr 2025 – RFK Jr. repeatedly claims vaccines cause autism; says autistic people can't hold jobs or live independently.
Apr 23, 2025 – EO eliminates "disparate impact" liability, making disability discrimination harder to prove.
May 8, 2025 – RFK Jr. proposes autism database using Medicare/Medicaid records.
May 16, 2025 – Proposal to rescind Section 504 accessibility regulations at Dept of Energy facilities.
Jul 1, 2025 – DOL proposes eliminating disability hiring goals for federal contractors.
Jul 4, 2025 – Trump signs bill with largest Medicaid cut in history (~$900B), threatening home and community-based services.
Jul 2025 – Proposed rule to strip minimum wage/overtime protections from home care workers.
Jul 24, 2025 – EO promotes institutionalization of people with mental illness; orders DOJ to reverse Olmstead-era precedents.
Sep 2025 – Budget proposal would cut SSI benefits for ~400,000 Americans with disabilities.
Oct 2025 – Proposed ~$1 trillion Medicaid cut threatening wheelchairs, therapy, and in-home care.
Oct 5, 2025 – Proposal to drastically restrict SSDI eligibility for people 50+ with severe impairments.
Oct 2025 – Virtually all OSERS special ed staff receive layoff notices; $15B in IDEA funding at risk.
Oct 2025 – Civil Rights Office (OCR) loses +50% of staff; 120 investigators left for 23,000 complaints.
Nov 2025 – Proposed 50% cut to disability legal aid ($148M → $69M).
Nov 12, 2025 – DOL finalizes rules eliminating anti-discrimination protections and competitive wage requirements for disabled workers; ODEP budget cut +20%.
Nov 28, 2025 – Trump calls Gov. Tim Walz "seriously retarded" on Truth Social.
Dec 2025 – Media documents ongoing pattern of Trump using disability slurs against political opponents.
Jun 20, 2026 – DOJ memo argues states are NOT obligated to provide community-based care for disabled people, undermining the 1999 Olmstead decision.
If you had heard each of these, but framed so that Hitler did them, would they seem out of character? Would you have thought 'that can't be right?'
It's happening with regularity and each step is worse than the last.
Oct 2024 – Trump uses the "R-word" to describe Kamala Harris at a donor dinner.
Jan 20, 2025 – EO removes "gender identity disorder" from Section 504 disability protections.
Jan 29, 2025 – Trump blames FAA disability hiring policies for the Reagan Airport crash.
Mar 2025 – Dept of Education cuts ~50% of staff, gutting special ed oversight.
Mar 2025 – 11 pieces of ADA guidance withdrawn, covering accessible parking, restrooms, elevators, and hotels.
Mar 20, 2025 – EO to dismantle Dept of Education; special ed transferred to HHS.
Mar 27, 2025 – HHS announces elimination of the Administration for Community Living (ACL).
Apr 2025 – HHS Grants Policy bans DEIA, including the "A" for accessibility, for all grantees.
Apr 2025 – RFK Jr. repeatedly claims vaccines cause autism; says autistic people can't hold jobs or live independently.
Apr 23, 2025 – EO eliminates "disparate impact" liability, making disability discrimination harder to prove.
May 8, 2025 – RFK Jr. proposes autism database using Medicare/Medicaid records.
May 16, 2025 – Proposal to rescind Section 504 accessibility regulations at Dept of Energy facilities.
Jul 1, 2025 – DOL proposes eliminating disability hiring goals for federal contractors.
Jul 4, 2025 – Trump signs bill with largest Medicaid cut in history (~$900B), threatening home and community-based services.
Jul 2025 – Proposed rule to strip minimum wage/overtime protections from home care workers.
Jul 24, 2025 – EO promotes institutionalization of people with mental illness; orders DOJ to reverse Olmstead-era precedents.
Sep 2025 – Budget proposal would cut SSI benefits for ~400,000 Americans with disabilities.
Oct 2025 – Proposed ~$1 trillion Medicaid cut threatening wheelchairs, therapy, and in-home care.
Oct 5, 2025 – Proposal to drastically restrict SSDI eligibility for people 50+ with severe impairments.
Oct 2025 – Virtually all OSERS special ed staff receive layoff notices; $15B in IDEA funding at risk.
Oct 2025 – Civil Rights Office (OCR) loses +50% of staff; 120 investigators left for 23,000 complaints.
Nov 2025 – Proposed 50% cut to disability legal aid ($148M → $69M).
Nov 12, 2025 – DOL finalizes rules eliminating anti-discrimination protections and competitive wage requirements for disabled workers; ODEP budget cut +20%.
Nov 28, 2025 – Trump calls Gov. Tim Walz "seriously retarded" on Truth Social.
Dec 2025 – Media documents ongoing pattern of Trump using disability slurs against political opponents.
Jun 20, 2026 – DOJ memo argues states are NOT obligated to provide community-based care for disabled people, undermining the 1999 Olmstead decision.
