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Disability
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Florida Special Needs Law
Update to parents regarding DAC eligibility for continued Medicaid
[Original Post on June 4, 2024] The solution of the DAC being illegally counted by Florida Medicaid could be remedied by SSA. We have started the process to petition SSA to…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
EEOC Launches New Resource Hub for Workers With Intellectual Disabilities
In honor of the 34th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the EEOC is launching a new webpage: Helpful Tools for Workers with Intellectual and Developmental…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
EEOC Reports Rise in Discrimination and Retaliation Charges
The EEOC released its Enforcement and Litigation Statistics report for fiscal year 2023 earlier this week, which contains (among other things) a breakdown of the types of charges it has…
Health Law Prof Blog
Forced to Bear, Denied to Rear: The Cruelty of Dobbs for Disabled People
Robyn Powell (University of Oklahoma), Forced to Bear, Denied to Rear: The Cruelty of Dobbs for Disabled People, Geo. L.J. (forthcoming):The history of the United States is marred by a…
Consumer Protection Review
DOJ Adopts Accessibility Standards for State and Local Government Web Content
By Amanda Beane, Brandon Thompson, Ashley Connelly
Key Updates: Earlier this month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) adopted a final rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) aimed at ensuring web…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
What the EEOC Final Regulations for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Mean for Connecticut Employers
Tomorrow, the EEOC is expected to publish its final regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. They were previewed in a press release earlier this week. Since nearly every lawfirm…
The Faculty Lounge
CFP: Disability and the Family
This just in: The International Academy for the Study of Jurisprudence of the family (IASJF) is pleased to send this reminder about its fifteenth international Symposium – on “Disability and…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Structural Desexualization of Disability
Natalie M. Chin (CUNY), The Structural Desexualization of Disability, Colum. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024):Sexuality is inseparable from the other complex layers of the human experience. It encompasses sexual self-expression, sex,…
Social Security Disability Lawyer Blog
Missed days at work
By Gordon Gates
Often at a Social Security disability hearing, there is testimony from the claimant and the vocational witness about missed days at work. Many disability claims at the hearing level are…
Health Law Prof Blog
Facilitating Financial Freedom: ABLE Accounts Across America
Asma Khan (University of Nevada), Francine J. Lipman (University of Nevada), Facilitating Financial Freedom: ABLE Accounts Across America, 111 State Tax Notes 12 (2024):ABLE accounts were created by the Achieving…