Press release from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law:

A coalition of disability advocacy organizations has sent a letter of support for Supreme Court candidate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The letter cited Sotomayor’s “extensive experience in, and careful approach to, deciding disability rights cases,” as well as her life experience managing diabetes.

“Judge Sotomayor has repeatedly demonstrated a thorough understanding and a deep respect for the laws that protect the rights of Americans with physical and mental disabilities, like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). We have every reason to believe she will continue this stellar record when confirmed to the Supreme Court,” said Robert Bernstein, Ph.D., executive director of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

The letter is signed by more than twenty disability rights organizations, ranging from the Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to the United Spinal Association.

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