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3 Mar 2023, 2:51 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is suing a nonprofit providing programs for people with disabilities and others to build self-reliance through educational, therapeutic, and employment services for violating the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by refusing to accommodate an employee with a degenerative hip impairment and instead fired her. [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 6:56 am by Resnick Law Group, P.C.
At the federal level, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) arguably provides this for at least some conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, but it does not address reasonable accommodations in those specific contexts. [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 6:05 am by Oleksandra Matviichuk
Amnesty International has expressed specific concerns about the most vulnerable populations who were forced to flee, such as children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 11:55 am by admin
”[18] The court’s inability to fathom what Oreskes might offer was not due to any judicial disability. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 6:58 am by Dan Filler
MU is the flagship university of the four-campus University of Missouri System and one of only 34 public U.S. universities with membership by invitation in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). [read post]
”  Frankly, I don’t think most of these attempts at legislation will pass because Americans like IVF. [read post]
26 Feb 2023, 10:00 pm
Back in 2019, disability-rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transit Authority alleging that the agency had, for decades, renovated subway stations without ensuring that they were accessible to those with physical challenges.According to the originally filed complaint, of the system’s 472 NYC subway stations, under 25% are usable by those with disabilities; reportedly making it the “least accessible system of any major U.S. city,… [read post]
25 Feb 2023, 6:50 pm by admin
Irving John Selikoff agree that he was a charming, charismatic, and courageous man, a compassionate physician, and a zealous advocate for worker safety and health. [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 7:30 am by Gene Takagi
” MasterClass: Black History, Black Freedom & Black Love – Part II: The Present (videos) MasterClass: Black History, Black Freedom & Black Love – Part III: The Future (videos) Black History and Disability (Nila Morton, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation) Disability Inclusion Means Action (Caroline Casey, Forbes) If there are any attorneys or law students who identify as Black, Native Americans, or Pacific Islanders… [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Trump Spent $10 Million From His PAC on His Legal Bills Last Year DNyuz – Maggie Haberman (New York Times) | Published: 2/21/2023 Former President Trump spent roughly $10 million from his PAC, Save America, on his own legal fees last year. [read post]
21 Feb 2023, 4:02 pm by Jennifer Danish
Many healthcare organizations, including the American Hospital Organization and American Medical Association, initially supported... [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 9:05 pm by Devontae Torriente
WHAT WE’RE READING THIS WEEK In a Center for American Progress report, analyst Kierra B. [read post]
14 Feb 2023, 4:30 am by Katherine Macfarlane
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies in health care settings and offers some theoretical legal protection, requiring “full and equal access to their health care services and facilities” as well as reasonable modification to “policies, practices, and procedures” when the modifications are necessary to make health care services accessible to people with disabilities and do not fundamentally alter the nature of the services being provided.… [read post]
10 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
George Santos’s role in an alleged GoFundMe scheme involving a disabled U.S. [read post]
6 Feb 2023, 11:23 am by Bria Nelson
It was in Kansas that I was able to reclaim my power and become an advocate for racial justice. [read post]
3 Feb 2023, 9:05 pm by Alexandra Walsh
Losen and Martinez find that Latino, Native American, and Black students suffer inequitable access to educational opportunities as a result of exclusionary discipline policies. [read post]