Archive For The “Disability Discrimination” Category
I previously blogged about food allergies and special dietary needs in school. In that post, I discussed that when a student has special dietary needs, she may qualify for a 504 plan. A number of extremely helpful documents are linked in that blog post. In a recent case in New York, a pro se parent [...]
On May 26, 2011, the U.S. Department of Education published two “Dear Colleague” letters (here and here) and a FAQ on accessible technologies to all K-12 school districts, colleges, and universities. Accessible technology is an important topic since many K-12 schools, colleges, and universities are transitioning towards “e-books” (electronic book readers), and some of these [...]
Is dwarfism a disability? This is a question a federal court in Texas may answer in the coming months. Since mid-May, a number of bloggers (here, there, over there, and way yonder) have commented about a federal complaint filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) on behalf of a person with dwarfism against Starbucks, [...]
One of my favorite movies of all time is Gattaca. It is a dystopian story about ‘genoism‘: DNA plays a role in every day life and genetic discrimination is a way of life. I won’t say anything more because I don’t want to give anything away — it is an amazing film with an excellent [...]
When a mother looks for a girlfriend on her son’s behalf, it may not sound so strange. But Lucy Baxter’s 21 year old son, Otto, has Down’s Syndrome. Lucy wants Otto to “live a fully rounded life” and to “enjoy the same experiences as other men his age.” Lucy has encouraged Otto to go to [...]
Education Week recently published a very interesting article titled Charters: Students With Disabilities Need Not Apply? Although charter schools have existed since the early 1990s, many people do not understand what it is and how it works. The almost always reliable Wikipedia provides a nice overview of charter schools; and in the very first sentence, [...]
I’ll admit it: I’m not a big sports fan. In fact, I rarely watch sports except for the occasional March Madness college basketball tournament on TV. But when a famous sports star hits the front pages of the newspaper, I take notice. Earlier this month, Mark McGuire admitted what most of us had suspected all [...]
When Kaney O’Neill was 21 years old and working as a Navy airman apprentice, she fell off a balcony and broke her neck. Thereafter, she had minimal use of her arms and could no longer use her legs. Nearly ten years later, she gave birth to her son, Aidan. In August 2009, the Chicago Tribune [...]
Now that 2009 has come and gone, I look through my files of cases and try to determine the most interesting service animal case I’ve come across this year. Cases involving service animals in the schools or various exotic creatures as service animals such as monkeys are certainly interesting; but, in my view, nothing comes [...]
Most of us who have paid attention to the placemats on the table in a Chinese restaurant will recall that the Chinese calendar is linked to certain zodiac signs which are represented by animals: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. The year 2009 is the year of the [...]
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