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GettingHired.com joins with the community of people with disabilities in extending sympathy to the family and friends of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy and mourning the loss of a great leader and advocate for the rights of all people, including people...
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, AAPD, IDEA, civil rights, Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, civil rights commission, CLASS Act, NCIL, Senator Ted Kennedy, National Council on Independent Living, Ted Kennedy, Indviiduals with Disabilities in Education Act
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By Kate Cyrul and Bergen Kenny via Iowapolitics.com August 6th, 2009 HARKIN STATEMENT ON THE SENATE VOTE TO CONFIRM JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR TO THE SUPREME COURT Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) entered the following remarks into the Congressional...
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, Senator Tom Harkin, Inc., Congressional Record, ADEA, Rehnquist Court narrowed scope of protections, respect for congressional intent, respect for long-standing precedent, Gross v. FBL Financial, reading disability must be identified in context of total processing difficulties, Age Discrimination Employment Act, Rehnquist Court misread ADA, Bartlett v. New York State Board of Bar Examiners, Associate Justice SONIA SOTOMAYOR, University of Alabama v. Garrett, Civil Rights Act, ADA Amendments Act enacted to undo damage of Rehnquist Court decisions, commitment to the rule of law and constitutional values, reading disability affected speed and fluency, Parker v. Columbia Pictures, Rehnquist Court ignored intent of Congress
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We at Gettinghired.com join the Baltimore Sun (See below) and the community of people with disabilities in urging our Senators to ratify our signature on this important treaty. President Barack Obama recently did something very few American presidents...
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, disability rights, rule of law, United Nations, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, participatory democracy, Rehabilitations Act of 1973, UN treaty, broaden access for people with disabilities, international human rights treaty
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Happy birthday to the Americans with Disabilities Act! Since its passage back in 1990, ramps have replaced curbs and stairs, braille has appeared inside most elevators, and outside the door too so that people who are blind and visually impaired can know...
Filed under: Braille, employees with disabilities, Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, service animals, ramps, advocacy, lifts, changed attitudes, public access, civil rights, Department of Justice, telephone relay service, 19th anniversary, Project Civic Access, Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, EEOC
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Mike Ervin gets every detail right in this article. Our Gettinghired community joins Mike and ADAPT and all Americans with disabilities in celebrating the anniversary of this momentous Supreme Court decision. We only wish that more states and more institutions...
Filed under: people with disabilities, Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, Olmstead Decision, most integrated setting, ADAPT, state institutions, Lois Curtis, integrated community settings, Supreme Court, Elaine Wilson, states must show steady progress, landmark ruling, ambassador for freedom and choice
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Below is good advice for employers, plus a "case in point" to illustrate why it's important to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. Distracted or Disabled: When Does ADHD Count as a Protected 'Disability'...
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, psychiatric disability, ADHD, restless, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disability, regarding a person as disabled, disorganized, reasonable accommodations, easily distracted, forgetful, duty to accommodate, workplace prejudice, invisible disability
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With President Obama and Vice President Biden's both having sponsored annual introductions of the Community Choice Act in recent years, advocates are optimistic that the bill may become law in 2009. We join in that optimism and echo many as we say...
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, Representative Danny Davis, long-term care at home, CCA, disability community, Olmstead Decision, MiCASA, most integrated setting, Medicaid Community-based Attendant Services Act, institutional bias in Medicaid, health care reform, the Money Follows the Person grants, personally preferable, ADAPT, Community Choice Act, AARP, mandate, home care, discrimination, forced institutionalization, Medicaid systems change grants, Senator Tom Harkin, fiscally responsible, attendant care
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We found this article , which originally appeared in New York City Voices, Winter, 2007 The writer, Laura Yeager, speaks from a certain amount of authority, since she has lived both situations, i.e., choosing to disclose, and not to disclose, a hidden...
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