dLCV’s 2025 voting accessibility report outlines ongoing barriers impacting voters with disabilities across Virginia and calls for continued action.
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2026 disABILITY Impact Awards Honorees & Event Recap
The disAbility Law Center of Virginia (dLCV) proudly recognized individuals and organizations whose work is helping build a more accessible, inclusive, and equitable Commonwealth through the 2026 disABILITY Impact Awards.
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Virginia’s Involuntary Commitment System Is Failing
A new dLCV report exposes systemic failures in Virginia’s involuntary commitment system, including prolonged restraints, lack of information, and barriers to due process for people in crisis.
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One Hundred and Thirty-One Hours
A 19-year-old autistic teen was restrained to a hospital bed for over 131 hours in a Virginia emergency room while awaiting mental health treatment.
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Report on Critical Incidents in Virginia’s State Operated Mental Health Facilities
During Federal Fiscal Year 2022, dLCV received a total of 410 Critical Incident Reports from facilities operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS).
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How Accessible were the Polls Really in 2022?
dLCV is mandated by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (PL 107-252) to advocate for the rights of Virginia voters with disabilities. Through dLCV’s Protection and Advocacy for Voter Access (PAVA) program, we survey polling sites on Election Day to determine if sites are accessible and take corrective action if sites are not accessible.
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Virginia Department of Corrections Denies Equal Services to Visually Impaired People who are Incarcerated
Today the ACLU of Virginia, the disAbility Law Center of Virginia, and the law firm of Brown, Goldstein, and Levy filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC), individual VDOC officials, and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency on behalf of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia and seven incarcerated men who are blind or visually impaired and are being denied equal access to services and programs available to sighted incarcerated people.
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Report on Critical Incidents in Virginia’s State Operated Mental Health Facilities
During Federal Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) , dLCV received a total of 468 Critical Incident Reports from facilities operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS)
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U.S. District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction for Immunocompromised Students
On Wednesday night, March 23, 2022, Senior Judge Norman K. Moon of the U.S. District Court of the Western District granted a preliminary injunction for the plaintiffs in Seaman, et al. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, et al.