dLCV’s 2025 voting accessibility report outlines ongoing barriers impacting voters with disabilities across Virginia and calls for continued action.
Category: Press Releases
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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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dLCV in Response to Use of R-Word in National Media
The disAbility Law Center of Virginia is deeply concerned to see the use of the R-word in the national media.
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Urgent Need to Prevent Deaths in Developmental Disability Services
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are at serious risk due to critical gaps in oversight, emergency response, and provider accountability in licensed providers.
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Urgent Call for Action: Major Oversight Failures at Virginia’s Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
The disAbility Law Center of Virginia (dLCV) has uncovered a major concern that affects hundreds of incredibly vulnerable Virginians.
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Falling Through the Cracks: An Investigation into the Death of Irvo Otieno
disAbility Law Center of Virginia (dLCV) investigated the death of Irvo Otieno in March 2023. From his initial encounters with police and the hospital emergency room to his incarceration and transfer to Central State Hospital, dLCV discovered a complete breakdown of Virginia’s mental health crisis system, compounded by a culture of criminalizing individuals with mental illness, particularly communities of color. The system that was supposed to help Mr. Otieno utterly and completely failed him.