The EEOC recently posted updated guidance about employers’ obligations related to COVID, What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws. Like the EEOC, I’ve been getting a lot of questions from
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Rethinking Demands for Law Enforcement Training in ADA Lawsuits
The recent failure of the criminal justice system to hold anyone accountable for the death of Breonna Taylor is a devastating reminder of that system’s failures. As police misconduct attorney and author Andrea Ritchie told the New York Times, “The
Public Transportation for All – Paratransit 30 Years After the ADA
Advocates in wheelchairs who flew to Washington, DC to press for disability civil rights in the 1970s rode to lobbying meetings in the back of a moving truck. There was no accessible public transit.[1] Brand new buses were
Can Barriers to Wheelchair Access Be “Grandfathered In”?
When I talk about my cases with friends, one of the most common questions is whether old buildings are exempt from ADA requirements. Many lawyers—including me—used to call this idea a “Grandfather Clause.” I stopped using that phrase
Laws to Fight COVID Stigma
“I call it COVID shaming… It’s a real thing that happens. It happened to me for weeks after my healing.The Rev. Shane Harris, president of the People’s Alliance for Justice
According to the CDC, we must fight stigma during
Bike Lanes Can Create Disability Barriers
I’m an avid bicyclist. I’ve ridden the NYC Century, the full 100-mile tour of four New York City boroughs. I pedal the 13 miles to my office in Brooklyn regularly. And I love the protected bike lanes that help
What the ADA Means to Lawyers
It has been a month of reflections about the ADA, signed into law 30 years ago last Sunday by President George H.W. Bush. Taking in the many perspectives on what the law has and has not done, I found
Community Integration
Community is a form of medicine, writes Rachel Setzer. She found healing in reconnecting with her Cherokee Ancestors’ traditions:
You are here, you are part of your community, you should be counted and cared for, and society has to be
Social Distancing Business Renovations Can Help Wheelchair Access
In the wake of CDC guidelines and changing attitudes about public space, many businesses—restaurants, shops, offices, theaters—are making the best of shutdowns, and perhaps taking advantage of government funding, to reshape their spaces for the “new normal.”
This reshaping
Mental Health Parity
With physical risks dominating the news and our imaginations, it can be easy to forget the equally urgent mental health risks, as Andrew Solomon noted at the outset of the Coronavirus pandemic.
A little-known law requires many insurance plans to