A California lawyer is expressing outrage after American Airlines refused to allow his son with Down syndrome to board a flight home from New Jersey on Sunday.
If someone thinks they won’t succeed, partly because of stereotypes, that notion will harm performance, says Steven Spencer, a psychology professor at the University of Waterloo, whose…
The family of a suburban Chicago 12-year-old who has been deaf since birth is suing Megan Runnion’s former Girl Scout troop, contending that officials disbanded it rather than pay for…
A disability rights group claims in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that Wal-Mart’s check-out machines are too high for disabled customers using scooters or wheelchairs.
Without admitting wrongdoing, an upstate New York law firm has settled a civil rights lawsuit brought by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York over claimed discrimination…
Hotels, water parks, and other facilities with pools recently got another extension to comply with American Disability Act standards, the Associated Press reports.
The Americans with Disabilities Act does not preclude cities from shutting down medical marijuana dispensaries, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found yesterday.
A federal judge in Georgia has granted summary judgment to a school district accused of deliberate indifference to the plight of a bullied student who committed suicide.
A law student in Massachusetts who suffers from mental health problems has filed a lawsuit seeking accommodations when taking the Law School Admission Test.
Chief Judge Richard Brown: “I think I’ve managed to persuade any doubters that a hearing disability is no bar to being a good judge.” Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Second District Court of Appeals.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took the unusual step of reading aloud from her dissent today when the U.S. Supreme Court shielded states from damage claims for violating a sick leave…
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