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16 Sep 2014, 2:00 am
Bartlett With so many U.N. treaty body reviews of the U.S. going on this year, it may be difficult for U.S. human rights advocates to focus on much else. [read post]
7 May 2018, 11:17 am
To promote change, disability rights organizations should collaborate with racial justice advocates. [read post]
19 May 2012, 7:49 am
Via the Family Voices website: Family Voices would like to extend our deepest sympathy to Julie Beckett and Mark Beckett on the occasion of their daughter Katie Beckett's passing this morning, as well as to Katie's family, friends, colleagues, and... [read post]
17 May 2023, 6:00 am
Environmental justice, an area in which issues of both race and disability are salient and affect one another, is one such context in which advocates have tried to use the ADA to challenge broader structural harm. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 11:18 am
“The common law students that come to the Centre for Equity and Human Rights almost always, if not always, have problems related to the prohibited ground disability,” she says. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 9:05 am
The result is that very few plaintiffs are disabled "just right. [read post]
8 Jul 2020, 10:07 am
Reed is a member of the Travis County Bar Association, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, past Director of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, and an Associate member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. [read post]
20 May 2022, 6:34 am
The employment attorneys at the Resnick Law Group advocate for the rights of New Jersey and New York employees and job applicants in claims for disability discrimination and other unlawful workplace practices. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 2:00 am
Three legal advocacy organizations, Disability Rights Oregon, the Oregon Law Center and the National Senior Citizens Law Center, worked as a team to initiate a class action suit in Oregon on behalf of 700 individuals with disabilities to protect their... [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 11:42 am
Lawmakers, workers, disability and senior advocates decry State of Emergency conditions at SSA fight alongside union leadership to protect SSA employee rights. [read post]
11 Jul 2023, 9:05 pm
Furthermore, the process of advocating for students’ rights can be challenging for families, as parents of students with disabilities face the burden of proving that an IEP insufficiently provides FAPE for their children. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 1:34 pm
Disability Related Employment Discrimination Disability Related Employment Discrimination Blazing a path for other states to follow, California passed the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) in the early 1970s and it has been a cornerstone of employee rights against discrimination. [read post]
20 Mar 2010, 6:27 am
He went on to graduate from college and was a vocal advocate for increased disabled access to Boston-area public transit. [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 11:34 am
While the 2018 Omnibus Spending bill contains a lot of good news for people with disabilities, it is important that advocates for remain vigilant that any cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security do not affect services, benefits, or eligibility for people with disabilities. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 12:23 pm
Just to play devil’s advocate to the former folks, as regular movie-goer, does anyone want to sit at the front of theater? [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 6:30 am
To ensure that prisoners with disabilities are guaranteed their rights under the ADA, criminal justice advocates and disability rights advocates must come together to address discrimination against people with disabilities and work to make the promise of the ADA a reality in prisons and jails across America. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 7:48 am
Advance global disability rights. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 8:20 am
Ben Adler at Newsweek (Aug. 5) rounds up the recent controversy over the Americans with Disabilities Act after twenty years, and cites my own contribution, as well as quoting a number of disabled-rights advocates who take a differing view. [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 10:04 am
" The group, which advocates for the disabled, claims that the Chicago nursing home staff is denying patients their basic rights. [read post]
15 Apr 2024, 1:49 pm
We are dedicated to advocating for your rights. [read post]
