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International Law Prof Blog
UN Celebrates the 150th Ratification of the Disabilities Treaty
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a press release yesterday annoucing that Guyana had become the 150th state to ratify the UN Convention on the…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
OFCCP Responds to Contractor Requests: Seeks Approval for Drop-Down Box and 7 Languages for Disability Invitation
In connection with its revisions to the regulations covering individuals with disabilities, OFCCP requires employers to use a Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form to collect information from applicants and employees. …
Education Law Prof Blog
Publication and Prize Opportunity for Special Education Papers
By Derek Black
For students writing law journal comments or seminar papers on special education this fall (and maybe the spring), the writing competition below offers an opportunity for a cash prize and…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Ballots for Bullets? Disabled Veterans and the Right to Vote”
The title of this post comes from the recent paper by Rabia Belt, the abstract of which states: Over 100,000 veterans lived in a government-funded home after the Civil War.…
California Employment Law Update
Police Officer’s ADHD Was Not a Disability Within The Meaning of the ADA
By Tony Oncidi
Weaving v. City of Hillsboro, 2014 WL 3973411 (9th Cir. 2014) Matthew Weaving worked as a police officer for the City of Hillsboro for approximately three years before his employment…
Education Law Prof Blog
Court Reinstates Student’s Abuse Claims, Finding No Need to Exhaust IDEA Process by Mark Weber
By Derek Black
On September 4, the Sixth Circuit issued F.H. v. Memphis City Schs., --- F.3d ----, No. 13–6323, 2014 WL 4357559 (6th Cir. Sept. 4, 2014). The case involved allegations that…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Anticipatory Pregnancy Discrimination
By Tracy Thomas
When they can't even wait until you are actually pregnantly disabled to fire you. From Ohio Employer's Law Blog, Beware the "Anticipatory Pregnancy" Claim and More on Anticipatory Pregnancy Discrimination.In Cadenas v. Butterfield Health…
Education Law Prof Blog
OCR Enters Agreement with Prince William Co. on Restraint and Seclusion Practices
School districts have physical restraint and seclusion policies to protect students from harming themselves or others, but may have quite different standards for when restraint or seclusion is necessary. Last week,…
Education Law Prof Blog
New York City’s Battle Over Private Special Education Placements: Bad Motives or Poor Analysis?
By Derek Black
The New York Times ran a story last week on balancing special education needs with rising costs. It focuses on the struggle between parents of special-education children and the New…
International Law Prof Blog
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes the Disabilities Treaty
The United States has signed but not yet ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a text adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on December 13, 2006…