Topic
Disability Accommodation
352 published works
Employment & Labor
What Can the ADA Do For You? Court “Delivers” Blow To UPS By Allowing EEOC’s Challenge To Its Leave Policy
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Howard M. Wexler On February 11, 2014, Judge Sara Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied United Parcel…
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Associate Dean Elizabeth Pendo: New Study: Quantifying Lack of Access for People with Disabilities
Many thanks to Katharine and the other editors for inviting me to share my thoughts this month. One of my areas of interest is the impact of inaccessible medical and…
CommLaw Monitor
FCC Grants Temporary Waiver of Disabilities Access Rules for Basic E-Readers
By Kelley Drye
On January 28, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) issued an Order granting an August 2013 request filed by the Coalition of E-Reader Manufacturers (“Coalition”) seeking a waiver of the…
Understanding the ADA
Is it consistent with the ADA for an amusement park to deny access to the rides because of a person’s disability?
Erik Beard, an attorney with the law firm of Wiggin and Dana and who has a blog on legal issues affecting amusement parks , has been talking for some time…
Technology and AI
THE ADA TITLE III YEAR IN REVIEW: Trends, Hot Topics, and What's In Store for 2014
By Minh N. Vu and Kristina M. Launey Now that we are all back in work mode, we thought it would be useful to take a quick look at some…
California Employment Law
This Employer Has a Right to Feel Picked On (Part 2)
I wrote a year ago about a new statute in California that told Law School Admission Council, Inc. -- the nonprofit that administers the Law School Aptitude Test -- that it has…
Law and the Workplace
DOJ Releases Updated Guidance on Wheelchairs, Mobility Aids, and Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices
By Allan Weitzman, Joshua Stein
This winter, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released a new technical assistance guidance (the “Guidance”) regarding Wheelchairs, Mobility Aids, and Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices (“OPDMD”), which elaborates upon…
Technology and AI
YELP! – Another Website/Mobile App Launches Allowing Individuals To Rate A Business’s Accessibility To Customers With Disabilities
By Michael Fleischer They’re here and they’re not going away. Six weeks ago we blogged about AXS Map. Now comes AbleRoad, a much more comprehensive customer review website/mobile app that…
Health Law Prof Blog
Disability Accommodation and Board Certification
By Francisl
Accommodations for people with disabilities in professions remains controversial. In medicine as in law, courts defer to the judgments of professional organizations regarding appropriate qualifications. An illustration is a recent…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Schedule Flexibility and Lighter Workload for Indefinite Period Not a Reasonable Accommodation…Even if Kidney Stones Are a Disability
Even if kidney stones were a disability under the ADA, an employer did not violate the ADA by not providing the plaintiff’s requested accommodations of “flexibility in her schedule” and…