Posts filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

May 27, 2011
MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Mass.)
Activists seek more from Americans with Disabilities Act
For Karen Foran Dempsey, efforts to provide equal opportunities for people with disabilities have not slowed since last year's 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, public policy

May 24, 2011
The New York Times
Wheelchair Access in Taxis Is Focus of U.S. Investigation
The United States attorney’s office in Manhattan has opened an investigation into whether the lack of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs in New York City amounts to a violation of parts of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public policy, transportation

May 23, 2011
The Pueblo (Co.) Chieftain
City schools didn't violate girl's rights, judge rules
Pueblo City Schools didn't violate the rights of a special needs student, who at times was unable to control herself, by repeatedly confining her in a restraint device, a judge has ruled.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, K-12, public policy, restraints

May 17, 2011
The Washington Post
Megabus, feds reach settlement in disability case
The Justice Department has settled a case under the Americans With Disabilities Act with two intercity bus companies, Megabus USA and Megabus Northeast, forcing them to pay more than $70,000 in damages.
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May 11, 2011
Boston Herald
Beverly Hospital settles case on deaf patient care
Federal authorities say Beverly Hospital has agreed to a three-year program to improve its services for hearing-impaired patients and patients’ family members.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), healthcare, hearing impaired, public policy

May 9, 2011
News Record (Elizabeth, N.J.)
Community Access Unlimited Applauds State Plan For Stipends For People With Disabilities
The members and staff of Community Access Unlimited applauded a state plan to provide people with disabilities and/or their families an annual stipend to help pay for the cost of providing services. New Jersey has proposed the $10,000 to $15,000 stipend in light of the state’s inability to provide people with disabilities sufficient access to community living, as required by law.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), long-term care, Olmsted decision, public policy

May 6, 2011
WNYW-TV (New York)
S.I. Condo Board Balks at Wheelchair Lift for Girl
A 4-year-old girl with cerebral palsy needs a wheelchair lift to get in and out of her home on Staten Island. Her parents have the money to put it in, but they met opposition from the condominium board for Richmond Mews in Bulls Head.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), housing, long-term care, physical accessibility, public policy

May 5, 2011
The Washington Post
Deaf college football fan sues University of Kentucky, wants captions on scoreboard
A deaf University of Kentucky football season ticket holder is suing the school, seeking to force the Wildcats to put closed-captioning on the scoreboards at Commonwealth Stadium.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, hearing impaired, higher education, public policy

May 3, 2011
Lancaster (Penn.) Intelligencer Journal
Elizabethtown train station roars back to life with makeover
The 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony will mark the official unveiling of the new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant platform with twin, glass-and-marble elevators and a refurbished, 94-year-old station house that had been shuttered since 1979.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public policy, transportation

April 27, 2011
Bloomberg Businessweek
Employers Gird for Disabilities Act Changes
Recent amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act widen the range of disabilities and shift the burden of proof from employees to business owners in labor disputes, says Jeff Nowak, a labor and employment attorney at Franczek Radelet in Chicago.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment, public policy

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