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Hearing set in lawsuits over Chicago school closings
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
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The Chicago Teachers Union filed separate lawsuits last week on behalf of parents and their special needs students. Both seek preliminary injunctions blocking CPS from carrying out the closures. One suit argues CPS is violating the Americans with
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Judge in Denver: Hollister clothing unfriendly to disabled
Denver :: CO :: USA | 3 days ago
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Denver is considering an injunction after ruling that nearly 250 Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC clothing stores are unfriendly to the disabled. Judge Wiley Daniel agreed in March with the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition that the
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Should Disability Be Disclosed On The Job?
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
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As federal contractors from Raytheon to Marriott await finalization of a rule pending from the Department of Labor requiring contractors to set hiring goals of people with disabilities we must consider some challenges the contractors may have in this.
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U.S.Hosts Conference to Advance Disability Rights Worldwide
Kampala :: Uganda | 5 days ago
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Conference to Advance Disability Rights Worldwide Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 20, 2013 The U.S...Persons with disabilities have the same rights as non-disabled persons, and must be provided access, opportunity, inclusion,
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Discrimination suits for disabilities could rise with new list of psychiatric disorders
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 days ago
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As a new edition of the manual of mental disorders used to diagnose psychiatric conditions hits publishers, employers are concerned that the expansion of definitions for some types of disabilities will open them to more lawsuits and complaints of
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Chuck Stinnett: Help available to businesses on ADA compliance issues
Ada :: OK :: USA | 6 days ago
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For a business or commercial property owner, getting your building and property to conform with the Americans With Disabilities Act might seem like a process of obeying the law and it is...If you want customers to come into your business and purchase
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Chicago parents file lawsuits over school closures
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
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Parents of Chicago public school children filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday claiming the city's plan to close dozens of schools violates the civil rights of students with disabilities and children who are black. The Chicago Teachers Union issued a
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Playground won't slide to baseball diamond
Manlius :: NY :: USA | 15 days ago
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After a few months of discussion, the Manlius Village Board has decided not to remove the playground equipment at the Bureau Valley Alternative Education School and place it near the baseball diamond off of North Main Street. On Tuesday, board member
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Berkeley accelerating access to course materials for disabled students
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 17 days ago
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UC Berkeley is making its vast library collections and course textbooks more readily available to students with visual and other impairments under an agreement reached Tuesday that could set a precedent for universities nationwide. The settlement
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Mentally disabled workers awarded $240M after abuse
Iowa City :: IA :: USA | 24 days ago
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Iowa A jury on Wednesday awarded $240 million to 32 mentally disabled men for what government lawyers say was years of abuse by a Texas company that arranged for them to work at an Iowa turkey processing plant and oversaw their care, work and
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