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82. Law School - Syracuse University ABA Commission on mental and physical Disability law http//www.abanet.org/disability/home.htmlAssess their Disability Legal Reference http://www.law.syr.edu/academics/centers/flsp/health_issues.asp

Academic Programs Course Descriptions Academic Support academic rules (PDF) ... Extracurriular Learning The College of Law was founded in 1895 and accredited by the American Bar Association in 1923. Aging, Disability and Health Issues Home Academics Applied Learning Centers Family Law and Social Policy Center ... Links Aging, Disability and Health Issues Please Note: These links will open in a new browser window. Aging and Elder Law: ABA Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly http://www.abanet.org/elderly/home.html Hyperlinked index of elder-related Websites: Federal and state legislative updates, reports, and legislative trends in health care, state case law, publications/videos. GeroWeb Virtual Library on Aging (searchable database) http://geroserver.iog.wayne.edu/GeroWebd/GeroWeb.html National Academy of Aging http://gsa.iog.wayne.edu/ National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys http://www.naela.org/ Online assistance for elder law attorneys: Information on guardianship, estate planning and probate, elder abuse, age discrimination, Medicare, Medicaid, health care decisions, trusts, Older American's Act; legislative alerts. National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/

83. Society, Law, Legal Information, Disabilities Law Fulfilling the ABA s commitment to justice and the rule of law for persons withmental and physical disabilities.. Disability Discrimination Act 1995. http://www.klevze.si/browse/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Disabilities_Law/

Top Society Law Legal Information ... Disabilities Law Search: Web Directory: Society, Law, Legal Information, Disabilities Law Web Directory Daily News PHP Manuals mySQL Manuals ... Svenska Browsing Society, Law, Legal Information, Disabilities Law Category Americans with Disabilities Act Mental Health Law Special Education Organizations ... Resources See also: Society: Issues: Disabilities Society: Law: Products: Disabilities American Bar Association's Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law Fulfilling the ABA's commitment to justice and the rule of law for persons with mental and physical disabilities.. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Text of the United Kingdom's Disability Discrimination Act, with suggested guidelines.. Disability Law An overview of United States disability law with links to key primary and secondary sources. From Cornell University Legal Information Institute.. Law Offices of Scott M. Riemer New York City firm, providing an information resource for people facing issues relating to disability claims.. Oakmandon Cyberworks Tips for filing a Social Security disability claim..

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New York lawyers serving the public good Disability Rights New York Home Join this Area Login Forget password? Disability Rights: Home Calendar News Roster Library ... Help Practice Areas: Asylum Law Community Dev. / Nonprofit Criminal Appeals Death Penalty ... September 11th This practice area provides a wide array of resources for attorneys working on behalf of people with disabilities, as well as a listing of pro bono opportunities. It covers disability rights issues as they arise in a variety of contexts, including education, housing and employment. The site was developed by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) with assistance from the law firm of Practice Area Host New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI), a not-for-profit law firm founded in 1976, finds unique ways to tackle the problems facing disadvantaged and underrepresented people throughout the five boroughs of New York. In addition to disability rights work, NYLPI staff attorneys engage in advocacy and test case litigation in the areas of health and environmental law on behalf of low-income individuals and communities of color through our Health Initiative and NYLPI's Environmental Justice and Community Development Project. NYLPI also harnesses the resources of 78 of New York's most prestigious law firms and corporate legal departments through its pro bono clearinghouse. These law firms and legal departments provide free assistance to community organizations and not-for-profits on legal matters beyond NYLPI's in-house practice.

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BehaveNet forensic disability In medical practice this term is usually invoked when an insurer (or Social Security) providing benefits to those unable to work requires the treating professional to certify that the patient is disabled Mental disorders may disable some who suffer from them. The Americans with Disabilities Act defines "disability" as: a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual a record of such an impairment being regarded as having such an impairment Also: handicapped Code of Federal Regulations ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law EEOC: Section 902- Definition of the Term "Disability" EEOC: Executive Summary- Compliance Manual Section 902, Definition of the Term "Disability" Books and Other Media: Follow the hypertext link to purchase items online. The Americans With Disabilities Act and the Emerging Work Force - Employment of People With Mental Retardation Hardcover 1998 Mental Disorder, Work Disability, and the Law (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development) Hardcover 1997 Bruyere, Susanne M, et al

86. Legal Resources For Special Education Additional Resources. ose s very own set of links about IDEA; The AmericanBar Association s Commission on mental and physical Disability law; http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/cise/ose/resources/legal.html

University of Virginia Curry School of Education Internet Legal Resources about Special Education and Disabilities Selected Government Sources Searchable U. S. Code of current public laws enacted by Congress Links to information about the 1997 amendments to IDEA. The U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library: Handicapped individuals and the law , which is probably the most extensive resource available, and it's not limited to U.S. law. U.S. Department of Justice and its source for ADA information Federal Office of Compliance President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board ADAAG figures Links to Australian legislation about disabilities The US Federal Communications Commissions' rules on Video Programming Accessibility ...and will the internet have "laws?" Check out W3C Disabilities Developments Selected Legal Firms and Publishers The Web site for the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (or COPAA), an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to improving the legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities. COPPA hosts an annual conference EDLAW by Jim Rosenfeld.

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88. Guide To Disability And The Workplace mental and physical Disability law. From the American Bar Association s Commissionon mental and physical Disability law, this site provides referrals to http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/disabilityAndTheWorkplace.html?

89. Employment Rights Civil Rights Attorney Robert LeRoux Hernandez Malden Massachus will be considered disabled or handicapped, and entitled to the benefits of theprotection of these laws if a physical or mental impairment substantially http://www.civiljustice.com/disab.htm

Disability Law We are Boston-area disability lawyers, fighting for the right of disabled individuals to full participation in our society, including the right to employment and educational accommodation. Discrimination against persons with handicaps or disabilities is prohibited by two major federal statutes, the AmericansWith Disabilities Act and in Section 504 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. sec. 794) . In addition the Massachusetts Constitution (Article 114 of the Amendments) prohibits discrimination of otherwise qualified persons on the basis of handicap, which is enforceable under Ch. 93, s. 103 of the general laws. Together they stand for the proposition that no otherwise qualified individual will be denied participation in or the benefits of a program on the basis of handicap or disability Congress first began seriously to address these problems in 1973 with passage of the Rehabilitation Act, including section 504. Modeling it after Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, "[C]ongress intended Section 504 to be a broad civil rights act aimed at providing equal opportunities for the handicapped." Notes Accommodating Learning Disabled Students in Higher Education: Schools' Legal Obligations Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act , 32 B.C.L. Rev. 1051, 1053-1054; S. Rep. no. 1297, 93rd Cong., 2d Sess. 120

90. A Guide To Disability Rights Laws that employers make reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitationsof of employment discrimination on the basis of disability may be http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.htm

Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of this document with illustrations U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section A Guide to Disability Rights Laws May 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS Americans with Disabilities Act Telecommunications Act Fair Housing Act Air Carrier Access Act ... Statute Citations For persons with disabilities, this document is available in large print, Braille, audio tape, and computer disk. Reproduction of this document is encouraged. This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities. To find out more about how these laws may apply to you, contact the agencies and organizations listed below. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. It also applies to the United States Congress. To be protected by the ADA, one must have a disability or have a relationship or association with an individual with a disability. An individual with a disability is defined by the ADA as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment. The ADA does not specifically name all of the impairments that are covered. ADA Title I: Employment Title I requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide qualified individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from the full range of employment-related opportunities available to others. For example, it prohibits discrimination in recruitment, hiring, promotions, training, pay, social activities, and other privileges of employment. It restricts questions that can be asked about an applicant's disability before a job offer is made, and it requires that employers make reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities, unless it results in undue hardship. Religious entities with 15 or more employees are covered under title I.

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92. Disability Rights Redress, Inc. EDUCATION. ABA Network, The Commission on mental and physical DisabilityLaw http//www.abanet.org/disability/handbook.html; ACLU http://www.redressinc.org/DisabilityRights.html

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93. ADA Title 1 Survey - ABA Those are the findings in a new report in the current issue of the American Bar Association sMental physical Disability law Reporter employers prevailed in http://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/ada/abastudy03.html

DISABILITY ISSUES INFORMATION FOR JOURNALISTS HOME TOPICS ABOUT THE CENTER Study: Disabled Losing Nearly All Employment Discrimination Cases The report looked at 442 court decisions in Title I cases from 2002 that appeared in the publication through its March-April issue. "The Fifth Circuit had the highest percentage of employee wins (15.4 percent), followed by the Eighth Circuit (14.6 percent) and the Tenth Circuit (9.5 percent)," says the study. "The results clearly show a continuation of the pattern of employers prevailing and employees losing in an overwhelming majority of the final court outcomes and in a substantial majority of the administrative decisions," wrote Managing Editor Amy L. Allbright. "Even in the circuit that was most friendly to employees with disabilities (Fifth Circuit), employers prevailed nearly 85 percent of the time. The 5.5 percent of employee wins for 2002 close to 5.6 percent in 1998 slightly increased from 4.3 percent in 2001. "As in prior years, the largest category of case decisions are those in which employers prevailed summarily without the merits of the employees' claims ever being considered.' Of the 309 employer wins, "only 3.9 percent were resolved on the merits." Employees prevailed in 21.9 percent of EEOC administrative appeals, says the study. "Employees continue to have a better chance of prevailing at the administrative level than they do in court. However, even the EEOC complainants in 2002 did not prevail 78.1 percent of the time."

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95. A Guide To Disability Rights Laws An individual with a disability is defined by the ADA as a person who has a physicalor mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/disability/disrits.htm

Return to Federal Citizen Information Center Home Page U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section A Guide to Disability Rights Laws October 1, 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS Americans with Disabilities Act Fair Housing Act Air Carrier Access Act Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ... Other Sources of Disability Rights Information [Reproduction of this document is encouraged.] This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities. To find out more about how these laws may apply to you, contact the agencies and organizations listed below. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. It also applies to the United States Congress. To be protected by the ADA, one must have a disability or have a relationship or association with an individual with a disability. An individual with a disability is defined by the ADA as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment. The ADA does not specifically name all of the impairments that are covered. ADA Title I: Employment Title I requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide qualified individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from the full range of employment-related opportunities available to others. For example, it prohibits discrimination in recruitment, hiring, promotions, training, pay, social activities, and other privileges of employment. It restricts questions that can be asked about an applicant's disability before a job offer is made, and it requires that employers make reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities, unless it results in undue hardship. Religious entities with 15 or more employees are covered under title I.

96. The Tenants Union: Fair Housing Laws In Washington race; color; religion; ancestry; national origin; gender; sensory, mental, or physicaldisabilities; use of Federal Housing Assistance; familial status; disability. http://www.tenantsunion.org/fairhousing.html

Fair Housing Laws in Washington Related pages: Referrals Join the TU! Discrimination is a tool often used by those who benefit from existing social structures to maintain and reinforce the status quo. People have organized against this subtle and not-so-subtle form of control for decades. Governments have responded to those reform efforts by setting up agencies that are charged with the enforcement of these laws and ordinances. Generally, the closer the agency is to you, and the closer you are to an urban area, the stricter these anti-discrimination laws are. If you feel you have been discriminated against, you may call one of these government agencies (see table ) and ask that there be an investigation. If enough evidence is found that illegal discrimination did occur, and the defendant does not change their behavior and/or make an acceptable settlement offer, the agency is charged with seeking civil and/or criminal damages on your behalf. Another effective option is to hire an attorney to pursue the case. Retaining a private attorney, however, can be very expensive. The law does not always clearly state what sort of protections one may have from discrimination. For instance, the federal law barring bias due to familial status has been interpreted to mean it is no longer legal to discriminate against persons because they have children. Also, the Washington state law preventing discrimination due to the presence of a disability also protects the privacy of one's HIV status. For more information, consult one of the specific agencies listed.

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