This month marks 34 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and Disability Pride Month was officially established nearly a decade ago. As one blind author and illustrator ...
Monday’s argument in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools is the latest in a long series of Supreme Court cases involving the statutory rights Congress has granted to schoolchildren with disabilities. Two ...
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to take up a case centering on what standard students must meet in order to bring claims of disability discrimination at school. The high court said this month that it ...
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WASHINGTON − For years, Gina and Aaron Tharpe argued that a local school district hadn't done enough to accommodate their daughter, who has a rare form of epilepsy and severe cognitive impairment. An ...
Disabled child's fight for fair treatment could help others - or raise bar for discrimination claims
A student with a rare form of epilepsy said her school failed to accommodate her need for different instructional hours. The student won her case under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ...
Disability is human. It is quite common. Yet it also makes many of us uncomfortable. You might be looking forward to meeting a new colleague. And then you notice a visible disability, and somehow ...
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