Disability Law

DOJ Posts Frequently Asked Questions about Filing an ADA...

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The Department of Justice recently posted on its website a customer friendly guide called Frequently Asked Questions about...

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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found that a training manual used by an educational service agency to train school...

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This July 26th 2010 will mark the 20th Anniversary of President George H. W. Bush signing the Americans with Disabilities...

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The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has issued a 22 page booklet providing guidance for access to medical...

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In an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) decision, Sierra Vista (AZ) Unified School District, 54 IDELR 35 (OCR, July 10, 2009)...

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Last week the House of Representatives voted 262 to 153 to pass HR 4247 the Keeping All Students Safe Act. This legislation...

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An Arizona high school student with Down syndrome had an IEP calling for "integration with regular peers as much as possible...

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Three Departments, Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury, jointly issued new rules for consumers enrolled in...

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Last Wednesday December 9th, U.S. Representatives George Miller (D. California) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R. Washington)...

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In Susan Barker v Riverside County Office of Education, (9th Cir., 10/23/09) the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that...