Office for Civil Rights Issues Fact Sheet: Addressing the Risk of Measles in Schools while Protecting the Civil Rights of Students with Disabilities
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On Wednesday, May 6, 2015, the DOJ filed a lawsuit, alleging discrimination on the basis of disability, against the Springfield Medical Aesthetic and Emmanuel O. Asare, M.D. The suit is against both the plastic surgeon practice and the surgeon in that practice.
The IDEA allows state prison officials to modify a student's IEP, if the state shows it has a bona fide security interest that can't otherwise be accommodated (20 USC 1415 (d)(7)(B). In this case [Buckley v. State Corr. Inst.-Pine Grove, 65 IDELR 127 (M.D. Pa.
At Disability Law Colorado we receive numerous questions regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and the use of service animals. We frequently hear from people with disabilities that they've been refused access to a public accommodation because they use a service animal.
Department of Justice Finds Georgia Segregated Schools Violate the ADA
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Justice Provide Technical Assistance to Courts and Child Welfare Agencies Regarding the Rights of Parents with Disabilities under 504 and the ADA
The Civil Rights Section of the Department of Justice has just issued a document providing technical assistance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and testing accommodations. https://www.ada.gov/regs2014/testing_acco
On September 14th, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services jointly released a policy stating that:
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has just released the results of its investigation of the New York Public Schools for violating Title II of the ADA
District's Failure to Provide Parent with Independent Educational Evaluation Criteria Violates the IDEA