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Disability
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Elder Law Prof Blog
Prisoners with Disabilities
By rmorgan
We have blogged on several occasions about the graying of prisons. What about individuals in prisons who have, or develop disabilities? The Center for American Progress issued a report, Disabled Behind…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
An English professor’s new memoir of living with post-accident quadriplegia is important reading for the workers’ comp professional.
A common theme in workers’ compensation disability literature is that injured workers should be expected to rehabilitate themselves and eventually return to work, regardless of the severity of disability. We…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Disabled Behind Bars: The Mass Incarceration of People With Disabilities in America’s Jails and Prisons”
Main July 18, 2016"Disabled Behind Bars: The Mass Incarceration of People With Disabilities in America’s Jails and Prisons"The title of this post is the title of this notable new report…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Abortion Politics in the Age of Zika
By Tracy Thomas
Carol Sager, Abortion Politics in the Age of Zika, US NewsIt seems clear then that neither Zika transmission nor pregnancy can be wholly prevented. Despite the most diligent attempts to contracept,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Making Hard Time Harder: Programmatic Accommodations for Inmates with Disabilities Under the Americans with Disabilities Act”
Main June 22, 2016"Making Hard Time Harder: Programmatic Accommodations for Inmates with Disabilities Under the Americans with Disabilities Act"The title of this post is the title of this interesting new…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
McNees Labor Seminar Wrap-Up: The EEOC Issues Guidance on Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation
By Crystal Clark, John U. Baker
Just as the Commonwealth Court seemed to know we would be discussing the work-relatedness of injuries that occur on an employer’s premises, so too did the EEOC anticipate our presentation…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former Chief Administrative Law Judge Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Retaliate Against Informant in Fraud Scheme for $600 million in Disability Payments
A former social security Chief Administrative Law Judge pleaded guilty in federal court today for conspiring to retaliate against a former employee of the Social Security Administration (SSA) who provided…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Contemporary Voting Rights Controversies Through the Lens of Disability”
The title of this post comes from this recent paper by Professor Rabia Belt, the abstract of which states: People with disabilities are the ticking time bomb of the electorate.…
The Faculty Lounge
AALS CFP: Animals As Living Accomodations
The AALS Sections on Animal Law, Disability Law and Law and Mental Disability have issued a call for papers for their 2016 panel, Animals as Living Accomodations. This panel will…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Obesity is not a Disability, Says the Eighth Circuit
Obesity is sometimes referred to as a growing epidemic. There is more obesity today. But, obesity in itself does not rise to the level of a disability, according to a…