Associations and Organizations Requesting Clarification

Associations and organizations that have requested clarification of Ms. Lazare's statements by herself and ACL led by Home and Community Based Services Advocacy Coalition and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (respectively). 

• ADAPT
• Allies for Independence
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
• American Association on Health and Disability
• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• American Federation for the Blind
• American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
• American Therapeutic Recreation Association
• Association of People Supporting Employment
• Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Center for Public Representation
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
• Justice in Aging
• Little People of America
• Lutheran Services of America-Disability Network
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
• National Association of the Deaf
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
• National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
• National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
• National Disability Institute
• National Disability Leadership Alliance
• National Down Syndrome Congress
• National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
• National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
• National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Respectability
• TASH
• The Arc of the United States
• United Spinal Association

Please note that these organizations have not endorsed this petition. This is an independently-led petition by people of the disability community. The above organizations have simply asked publicly for clarification of Ms. Lazare's statements.