Melissa Ortiz: 61 Million People With Disabilities Are Counting on Us to Develop Good Policies

On the NTD program “America’s Hope with Kelly Wright,” Melissa Ortiz explained the mission and current trajectory of the National Center’s Able Americans project. The goal of Able Americans, in Melissa’s words, is to “move to a free-market, limited-government perspective on disability policy — the idea that people can make the best decisions for themselves, instead of the government imposing …

Melissa Ortiz: Holocaust Slaughter of People With Disabilities Echoes in Medical Care Today

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Able Americans Senior Advisor Melissa Ortiz was featured in multiple news outlets describing how people with disabilities were slaughtered during the Holocaust, and discussing how the same devaluation of these individuals continues to echo throughout health care today. In a Washington Times commentary, Melissa wrote: Ideas that were once reprehensible are again being embraced and championed. …