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The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine approved a legal settlement May 2 requiring the state of Maine to expand community living options for people with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities.
The settlement, first announced in September …
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has filed an amicus brief on behalf of a group of disability advocacy groups who are suing the state of Oregon for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act in its system …
A new bill moving through the California legislature would make it significantly more difficult for lawyers to sue California business owners for failing to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By a 4-1 vote, the state Senate Judiciary Committee …
A Massachusetts plan to expand protections for inmates with mental illnesses in its state prisons received court approval April 12.
The Disability Law Center of Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections in 2007, accusing …
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled April 6 that Disability Advocates Inc. did not have “standing” in a lawsuit where the advocacy group won a major victory in 2009 when a district court ruled that …
The National Disability Rights Network released a new report April 3 detailing how federal funding priorities entice states to funnel people with disabilities into sheltered workshop programs that segregate them from the regular workforce.
The report, titled “Beyond Segregated and …
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a settlement April 4 with the nation’s second-largest movie theater chain to provide technology at all 246 of its theaters statewide so they are accessible to people with hearing and vision disabilities.
The settlement requires AMC …
A group of disability advocates filed a contempt motion against the state of California on March 22, arguing that it is violating the terms of a settlement it reached with the organizations in January to preserve a program that provides …
NDRN’s Curt Decker on Ashley’s rights
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