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Ability Apartheid And Paid Leave, Ryan H. Nelson, Michael Ashley Stein Apr 2022

Ability Apartheid And Paid Leave, Ryan H. Nelson, Michael Ashley Stein

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Ableism at Work: Disablement and Hierarchies of Impairment. By Paul David Harpur.


Lessons From The Pandemic: Congress Must Act To Mandate Digital Accessibility For The Disabled Community, Shawn Grant Sep 2021

Lessons From The Pandemic: Congress Must Act To Mandate Digital Accessibility For The Disabled Community, Shawn Grant

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The upheaval and disruption created by the COVID-19 pandemic has left some of our most vulnerable, the disabled community, facing increased discrimination and hardship due in part to lack of access to websites and other digital technologies. The pandemic has laid bare the extent of our dependence on technology and the perils faced by those who are unable to access that technology. This Article identifies the regulatory, judicial, and legislative failures to resolve the issue of whether digital technologies are “places of public accommodation” under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It then calls on Congress to enact …