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Rights And Obligations: Commemorating The 30th Anniversary Of The Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990, Sharon Shapiro-Lacks Jan 2021

Rights And Obligations: Commemorating The 30th Anniversary Of The Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990, Sharon Shapiro-Lacks

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Disability Rights Protections For Transgender People, Kevin M. Barry, Jennifer L. Levi Jan 2019

The Future Of Disability Rights Protections For Transgender People, Kevin M. Barry, Jennifer L. Levi

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Let’S Try Again: Why The United States Should Ratify The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of People With Disabilities, Arlene S. Kanter Jan 2019

Let’S Try Again: Why The United States Should Ratify The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of People With Disabilities, Arlene S. Kanter

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mixed Signals: What Can We Expect From The Supreme Court In This Post-Ada Amendments Act Era?, Nicole Buonocore Porter Jan 2019

Mixed Signals: What Can We Expect From The Supreme Court In This Post-Ada Amendments Act Era?, Nicole Buonocore Porter

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Impairment As Protected Status: A New Universality For Disability Rights, Michelle Travis Dec 2011

Impairment As Protected Status: A New Universality For Disability Rights, Michelle Travis

Michelle A. Travis

This Article analyzes the fundamental change to federal civil rights law that Congress accomplished through the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (the "ADAAA"). Congress enacted the ADAAA in response to a series of United States Supreme Court opinions that had narrowly interpreted the definition of disability in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Although many commentators have recognized the ADAAA's intent to restore the class of individuals with disabilities to the breadth that Congress originally intended, this Article argues that the ADAAA accomplished something more significant: it extricated disability from the broader concept of impairment. As a result, the …


One Step Closer To Mental Health Parity, Lorraine Schmall Apr 2009

One Step Closer To Mental Health Parity, Lorraine Schmall

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.