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Disability
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California Employment Law Update
Community College District Failed To Reasonably Accommodate Disabled Employee
By Tony Oncidi
Hernandez v. Rancho Santiago Cmty. Coll. Dist., 2018 WL 2057468 (Cal. Ct. App. 2018) Marisa Hernandez worked on and off as an assistant for the District for a number of…
Elder Law Prof Blog
The Continuing “Problem” of Wheelchairs and Walkers in CCRCs and Assisted Living
Recently I was asked the question whether a CCRC could bar new residents from moving into independent living units, if they were using wheelchairs or walkers. The question perplexes me,…
Technology and AI
Theatre Must Provide Captioning For All Live Performances Says Federal Judge
By Minh N. Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: A Missouri federal judge orders a theatre to provide, upon request, captioning services for the deaf for all theatrical performances. A federal judge in Missouri recently ordered a…
PrawfsBlawg
Navigating accommodations and pedagogy
Main Wednesday, April 25, 2018Navigating accommodations and pedagogyLike many on Prawfs and elsewhere, I've dabbled with laptop bans in the classroom. (For me, I'm deeply uncertain about what the "right"…
Association Alert
Emotional Support Animal – Even the FHA Has Limits
A unit owner claimed that she needed an emotional support animal because of a disability, and provided a doctor’s note to the condominium association supporting this need. The unit owner…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Deviancy, Disability, and Dependency: The Forgotten History of Eugenics and Mass Incarceration”
Main March 26, 2018"Deviancy, Disability, and Dependency: The Forgotten History of Eugenics and Mass Incarceration"The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Laura Appleman…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Kentucky’s Proposed Assault on Permanent Partial Disability Benefits
Many readers will know of the significant workers’ compensation reforms being proposed in Kentucky. I would characterize the suggested modifications, when viewed in the aggregate, as significantly retractive. What most…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Conference: Noncompliant Bodies–Social Equity and Public Space
By Tracy Thomas
Yale School of Architecture, April 6-7, Noncompliant Bodies: Social Equity and Public SpaceThe discipline of architecture tends to overlook the needs of people who fall outside of white, male, heterosexual, able-bodied…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
ABLE Accounts Get Boost Under New Tax Law
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts incorporates two provisions that strengthen Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts for those with disabilities: the ABLE Financial Planning Act and the ABLE…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Professor Burton Criticizes Proposed New York “Proposed Guidelines for Determining Impairment”
Professor John F. Burton has recently published a sharply critical paper addressing the proposed New York Workers' Compensation Board's Workers’ Compensation Guidelines for Determining Impairment. That proposed document was published…