The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has issued a 22 page booklet providing guidance for access to medical care for persons with mobility disabilities.
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This July 26th 2010 will mark the 20th Anniversary of President George H. W. Bush signing the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. Last Sunday night, Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama, kicked off the White House's celebration of this milestone. Ms.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found that a training manual used by an educational service agency to train school district staff regarding 504 contained numerous erroneous statements of the law including incorrect 504 eligibility standards (St.
The Department of Justice recently posted on its website a customer friendly guide called Frequently Asked Questions about Filing an ADA Complaint. This guide, provided in a question and answer format, leads the reader through the compl
On October 5th, 2010 President Obama signed S.
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was originally passed in 1975.
Yesterday, October 26th 2010, the US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights issued a "Dear Colleague" letter to state departments of education and local school districts to clarify the relationship between bullying and discriminatory harassment under the civil rights laws enforced
A school district in Alabama violated Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act because it failed to realize that a 9th grade student's extensive absences and his mother's request for homebound instruction was connected to his medical condition, Crohns disease (Cleburne
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has published a report, Selected Cases of Public and Private Schools That Hired or Retained Individuals with Histories of Sexual Misconduct, that reveals findings from 15 cases the GAO exami
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever.