| 2/21/08 (NJ): Annual "Abilities Expo" to Feature Four Presentations from NJP&A
1/31/08 (CO): Court Certifies Class in Legal Center and Fox & Robertson Due Process Case for People with Developmental Disabilities
1/15/08 (NJ): NJP&A Appoints Four Disability Rights Activists to Its Governing Board
1/7/08 (MICH): Restraint and Unreasonable Force reaches new heights
12/14/07 (OH): OLRS Files Complaint in US District Court
12/13/07 (CA): Mental Health Advocates Sue Governor to Restore Vital Program
for Homeless Californians
12/5/07 (NE): Abuse and Neglect of Beatrice State Developmental Center Residents Persists Despite Proposed Plans for Care and Safety
12/4/07 (NJ): Rutgers Student Awarded Internship
11/28/07 (KY): Army-Operated Child Care Program’s Refusal to Administer Emergency
Epilepsy Medication Discriminates Based on Disability
11/27/07 (CA): Settlement of San Francisco lawsuit to create new
community services for seniors and adults with disabilities
11/21/07 (WA): DSHS and School District Attempt to Re-Segregate Students with Developmental Disabilities
11/16/07 (NC): Smith to Lead State’s Protection and Advocacy Agency
11/14/07 (NJ): Assistive Technology is 'Back in Action' for NJ Residents
10/10/07 (NY): Supreme Court Affirms Parent’s Right to Reimbursement For Private Special Education When Services Are Not Available in the Public Schools
10/9/07 (CA): Advocates Demand that Governor Restore Funding for Homeless, Mentally Ill or Face Lawsuit
9/27/07 (MT): Montana Advocacy Program Hails the Senate’s Passage of Hate Crimes Protection for People with Disabilities
9/27/07 (CA): Victory for Institutionalized Californians;
Disability Civil Rights Lawsuit to Proceed as a Class Action
9/18/07 (AR): Experts and Advocates Recommend Reforms for Arkansas's Long Troubled Juvenile Justice System
8/22/07 (IL): Illinois Residents Sue State Officials for Violating Americans with Disabilities Act, Failing to Provide Community Services
7/26/07: National Disability Rights Network Urges Congress to Pass ADA Restoration Act
6/28/07 (CA): Department of Transportation Called Upon to Enforce Requirements Regulating Provision of Air Travel to People with Disabilities
6/19/07 (AZ): Ninth Circuit Rules that Medicaid Beneficiaries can Sue to
Enforce Right to Receive Services in the Community
6/18/07: State and Federal Reports Issued on the Virginia Tech Incident and Community Mental Health Services Generally
6/18/07 (MICH.): Failure to Correct Mental Health System Puts Michigan's Most Vulnerable at Risk
6/18/07 (CA): PAI issues first investigation of restraint and seclusion of children with disabilities in California schools
5/31/07 (TN): Seeking Justice for Service Animal Users
5/31/07 (IL): Public Invited to Voice Opinions on Disability Rights Issues
5/29/07 (AZ): Peri Jude Radecic Takes Over as Executive Director of the
Arizona Center for Disability Law
5/23/07 (NH): Ronald Lospennato, Disabilities Rights Center's Legal Director, Resigns to Take Position at Southern Poverty Law Center
5/20/07: National Disability Rights Network Lauds Supreme Court Decision in Winkelman v. Parma City School District
5/8/07 (WA): WPAS Finds Hospital That Performed “Ashley Treatment” Violated Law by Not Having Court Order
4/5/07 (SC): Lawsuit Wants DDSN to Follow State Law and Make Rules
4/2/07 (DC): Court Rules DC Fails to Protect Residents with Disabilities
3/20/07: National Disability Rights Network Lauds Introduction of Autism Legislation
3/12/07 (CO): The Legal Center Demands School District Eleven and The Colorado Department of Education
Take Action To Address 45 Incidents of Restraint and Seclusion in Elementary School
3/8/07 (IL): Senseless Deaths Continue at Howe Developmental Center as a Result of
Egregious Care
3/8/07 (MA): Lawsuit Charges that Department of Correction Warehouses Mentally Ill Prisoners in Segregation
3/7/07 (DC): University Legal Services Files Federal Lawsuit Regarding Discrimination in Transportation
3/5/07 (MA): ACLU and Disability Law Center Applaud
Secretary Galvin’s Decision on New Voting Technology
2/28/07: Lack of Services for Returning Soldiers Demonstrates Need for Brain Injury Awareness and Advocacy
2/28/07 (TX): TSU Refunds Thousands of Dollars Unlawfully Collected from Student with Disability
2/15/07 (IL): Statewide Disability Organizations Call for Closure of Substandard Facility for People with Disabilities
2/5/07: National Disability Rights Network Warns Cutting Critical Program Only Threatens Returning Troops
1/12/07 (WA): Press Release regarding "Ashley's Treatment"
12/11/06: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Release Regulations Easing Hospital Requirements in Use of Deadly Restraint
12/1/06 (VT): Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center Detention Unit: Time is Running Out
11/16/06 (KY): Anniversary of Landmark "Help America Vote Act"
11/3/06 (IL): Veteran of Gulf War Sues Commonwealth Edison for Discriminatory Discharge
10/24/06: National Disability Rights Network Celebrates
Anniversary of Landmark "Help America Vote Act"
10/24/06 (CO): The Legal Center Announces Greater Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities
10/1/06: October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
9/26/06 (LA.): Settlement ensures Hurricanes Katrina and Rita evacuees with disabilities receive accessible FEMA trailers
9/25/06 (OH.): Community Residential Services, Housing, Obtained Through Settlement
9/19/06: Appeals Courts Back Protection & Advocacy Agencies’ Authority
to Investigate Abuse and Neglect in Public Schools
9/18/06 (CONN.): Appeals Court Backs Protection & Advocacy Agency's Access to Schools
8/29/06 (TEXAS): Two Deaf Workers Denied Right to Apply for Jobs Settle Federal ADA Action Against Spherion Corporation
8/28/06: One Year Later, People with Disabilities Still Left in Wake
of Hurricane Katrina
8/18/06 (WYO): Training Available on New Federally Mandated Voting Machines
7/20/06 (SC): McLeod Regional Medical Center Agrees To Provide Interpreters (PDF)
7/12/06 (CO): The Legal Center For People with Disabilities and Older People and the law firm of Fox & Robertson, PC File Groundbreaking Class Action Law Suit
7/8/06 (PR): Statement Made by the Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities Regarding Legal Action Taken in Federal Court for the District of Puerto Rico
6/26/06: National Disability Rights Network Denounces Supreme Court Decision Undermining Educational Rights for Children with Disabilities
6/22/06 (ILL.): Education advocates demand that Chicago stop special education budget cuts
6/15/06: National Disability Rights Organization Honors Individuals with Disabilities Overcoming Barriers to Employment
6/14/06: National Disability Rights Organizaiton Recognizes Consumers Making a Difference
6/7/06 (MICH.): Seat Belt Law Repeal: Why Now?
6/5/06: National Disability Rights Network Commends Government Brief Affirming Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Access Authority
5/25/06 (CO): Legal Center Files Suit on Behalf of Twelve-Year-Old Boy with Developmental Disability Who Was Terminated from Medicaid Program Because He Sought Treatment Out of State
5/25/06 (NV): Siganture Stamp Bill Becomes Law
5/24/06 (SC): SLED to Investigate Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Adults
5/24/06 (ILL.): Public Invited to Voice Opinions on Disability Rights Issues
5/23/06 (MICH.): 'Be Safe, Be Seen'
5/18/06 (NY):Voters and Disability, Civic and Civil Rights Groups Challenge State's Vote Plan in Court
5/8/06 (ILL.): State Withholds Funding for Lincoln Developmental Center
5/2/06 (MICH.): Voters with Disabilities Given Equal Opportunity to Cast Ballot
4/26/06 (ILL.): Federal Court Asked to End Isolation of Illinois Residents with Mental Illness
4/19/06 National Disability Rights Network Urges Supreme Court to Protect Due Process Rights of Individuals with Mental Disabilities
4/19/06 (PENN.): Advocacy Groups Seek Ban on Prone Restraint; 'Unreasonable Risk of Death for Children'
4/18/06 National Disability Rights Network Urges Supreme Court to Protect Educational Rights for Children with Disabilities
4/18/06 (COLO.): Legal Center Client Sues for Developmental Disabilities Services and Due Process
3/7/06 Advocates Say Congress Must Fund Traumatic Brain Injury Programs
3/27/06 (ILL.): Complaint Filed Against Reopening of Notorious Lincoln Development Center
3/27/06 (ARIZ.): Recent Developments in Ekloff v. Rodgers Federal Class Action Lawsuit
3/2/06 (ILL.): Federal Discrimination Lawsuit Ends with Acceptance of Man with HIV into Lambs Farm Program
3/2/06 (UTAH): People with Disabilities Still Waiting; DSPD waiting list problem will not go away
2/22/06 (ARIZ.): Children with Disabilities to have Hearing in Federal District Court
2/20/06 (MASS.): Stanley J. Eichner Named Executive Director of
Disability Law Center
2/17/06 (LA.): Persons with Disabilities Sue FEMA; Discriminatory Practices and Policies Deny Equal and Meaningful Access to Persons with Disabilities
2/6/06 National Disability Rights Network Warns Empty Promises Threaten Returning Troops; President’s Budget Zero Funds Critical Traumatic Brain Injury Programs
2/6/06 (CONN.): Lawsuit Challenges Unwarranted Confinement of People with Mental Illnesses in Connecticut Nursing Homes
1/31/06 National Disability Rights Network Joins President in Asking, "Will we turn back or finish well?"
1/26/06 (KY): Kentucky Protection and Advocacy and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Reach Agreement to Increase Community Support for People with Mental Retardation and Related Conditions
1/19/06 (UTAH): State's Failure to Draft Plan Results in Class-Action Lawsuit
1/10/06 Goodman Decision Narrow Victory for Disability Rights
12/14/05 National Disability Rights Network Responds to Education Secretary’s Proposed “Greater Flexibility” in Testing Standards
11/10/05 (ARIZ.): Henry G. Watkins Takes Over as Executive Director of the Arizona Center for Disability Law; Watkins to Focus on Removing Barriers
11/3/05 (VA): VOPA Sues City of Richmond over Voting for People with Disabilities
10/27/05 (SC): Report Reveals Inadequate Investigation Process for Abused and Neglected South Carolinians with Disabilities
10/20/05 (ARIZ.): Henry G. Watkins Named Executive Director of the Arizona Center for Disability Law; Organization to Celebrate 10 Year Anniversary on October 20, 2005
10/6/05 (ARIZ.): Arizona Center for Disability Law Files Suit Against AHCCCS in
Maricopa County Superior Court
10/3/05 (ARIZ.): Arizona Center for Disability Law Petitions Arizona Supreme Court for Rule Change;
Petition Seeks Exemption for Lay Representation at
Special Education “Due Process” Administrative Hearings
9/28/05 (ARIZ.): Arizona Center for Disability Law Files Lawsuit Against
Tempe Union High School District; District Charged With Violating Disability Rights of Student with Type I Diabetes
9/20/05 National Disability Rights Network Calls on Education Secretary to Address Needs of Students with Disabilities Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
9/19/05 Voting Rights Groups Respond to Carter-Baker Commission Report on Election Reform: Flawed Commission Procedures Yield Flawer Recommendations; Some Would Disfranchise Vast Numbers of Eligible Voters
9/14/05 (MICH.): Disability advocacy group to file lawsuit against GEO Group, Inc. and the Michigan Department of Corrections
9/9/05 (ARIZ.): Arizona Center for Disability Law Ready to Assist
Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
9/8/05: Left in the Wake of the Hurricane: Individuals with Disabilities
9/2/05: Individuals with Disabilities Face Unique Challenges in Wake of Hurricane Katrina; Texas Protection and Advocacy agency - Advocacy, Inc. - preparing to meet needs of displaced individuals with disabilities
8/23/05 (MICH.): Disability Groups Urges Secretary Land to Purchase Accessible Voting Machines
8/9/05 (ARIZ.): Changes in AIMS, Federal and State Special Education Laws
Confront Returning Students and Teachers;
Arizona Center for Disability Law Offers Free
Statewide Special Education Hotline
8/6/05 National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) Celebrates 40 Years of Voting Rights Act,
Calls for Continued Protection of Voting Access for All
7/29/05: National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) Election Priorities Distributed at National Association of Secretaries of State
7/21/05: National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) celebrates 15th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); Eight-year-old boy and legislative sponsor Steny Hoyer (MD-5) highlight 15 years of progress
7/18/05: National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) Celebrates 15th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); Organization says “progress made” but physical and attitudinal barriers still remain for people with disabilities
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