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Disability
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Employment Discrimination Report
Hospital Sued By EEOC For Firing Nurse Who Needed A Cane
Reasonable accommodation and the interactice process in disability situations has captured the EEOC's attention. And it should also capture the attention of employers and HR people. A Tampa hospital has just…
Education Law Prof Blog
Poverty as Disability and the Future of Special Education Law
By Derek Black
For those who did not catch James Ryan's article, Poverty as Disability and the Future of Special Education Law, when it went up on ssrn or for those who need a…
Education Law Prof Blog
University of Toledo Law Review Symposium this Friday: “From Kindergarten to College: Brainstorming Solutions to Modern Issues in Education Law
The University of Toledo Law Review's annual symposium focuses on education law this Friday in “From Kindergarten to College: Brainstorming Solutions to Modern Issues in Education Law." The symposium is a free, public…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Parents file lawsuit in movie-theater death of 26-year-old man with Down syndrome
The title of this post comes from this article detailing the sad circumstances the led to the death of a young man with down syndrome. Here's a description of the…
Education Law Prof Blog
Trial Set in School-to-Prison Pipeline Case
By Derek Black
Barring a settlement in the next year, the U.S. Department of Justice will go to trial against the city of Meridian and Lauderdale County in Mississippi. DOJ argues that local…
California Employment Law
Is Being Dead a Disability?
I read two items about dead people today. First, I read this post by Marjorie Johnson about a woman in Alabama who died after the EEOC issued her a right-to-sue letter. She…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
A Déjà Vu Moment On Reasonable Accommodation
As I read and re-read the OFCCP’s14 points of guidance to employers interested in establishing a “best practice” reasonable accommodation program, Appendix B to the Section 503 regulations issued in…
Education Law Prof Blog
South Carolina Warns Florence School District about IDEA Violations for a Third Time in a Year
The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) has found that school district Florence County School District 1 failed to correct violations of federal disability law after three complaints were filed…
Education Law Prof Blog
Special Education Symposium Articles
By Derek Black
This past spring, the Loyola Law Review hosted "Special Education in a New Era of Reform." It covered a wide spectrum of special education topics and included presentations by Paul Grossman,…
Education Law Prof Blog
Connecticut Investigates Claims that School District Told Staff to “Exit Students from Special Education”
Darien, Connecticut is one of the richest zip codes in the United States, so one might think that its school district would have no problemsdelivering special education services. But Darien's…