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Research To Practice: Barriers To Transition Planning For Parents Of Adolescents With Special Health Care Needs, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, James P. Mcintyre Jr., Jean Whitney-Thomas, John Butterworth, Deborah Allen Dec 1998

Research To Practice: Barriers To Transition Planning For Parents Of Adolescents With Special Health Care Needs, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, James P. Mcintyre Jr., Jean Whitney-Thomas, John Butterworth, Deborah Allen

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

An examination of the transition planning experiences and concerns of family members of young adults with special health care needs.


Research To Practice: Employing People With Disabilities: Small Business Concerns And Recommendations, Oce Harrison Aug 1998

Research To Practice: Employing People With Disabilities: Small Business Concerns And Recommendations, Oce Harrison

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Survey results from Massachusetts small businesses regarding hiring and employing people with disabilities.


Tools For Inclusion: Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada) Title 1: Employment, Joe Marrone Jun 1998

Tools For Inclusion: Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada) Title 1: Employment, Joe Marrone

Tools for Inclusion Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Brief overview of the concepts and scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act, plus resource lists.


Research To Practice: Grant Development And Decision-Making: Comparison Of Funding Agencies And Community-Based Minority Organizations, Institute For Community Inclusion, University Of Massachusetts Boston May 1998

Research To Practice: Grant Development And Decision-Making: Comparison Of Funding Agencies And Community-Based Minority Organizations, Institute For Community Inclusion, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

This report compares the perspectives of government funding agencies and community-based minority organizations on grant development and decision-making, and gives recommendations on how these groups can work together effectively to fund disability programs.


Tools For Inclusion: The Americans With Disabilities Act: General Overview, Karen Zimbrich May 1998

Tools For Inclusion: The Americans With Disabilities Act: General Overview, Karen Zimbrich

Tools for Inclusion Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Brief overview of the concepts and scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act, plus resource lists.


Research To Practice: Disability Organizations' Perspectives On The Needs Of Youth With Disabilities Who Are Runaway Or Homeless, David Temelini, Sheila Fesko Apr 1998

Research To Practice: Disability Organizations' Perspectives On The Needs Of Youth With Disabilities Who Are Runaway Or Homeless, David Temelini, Sheila Fesko

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Findings from a national survey of state-level disability organizations on issues regarding runaway or homeless youth who have disabilities.


Reevaluating Substantive Due Process As A Source Of Protection For Psychiatric Patients To Refuse Drugs, William M. Brooks Jan 1998

Reevaluating Substantive Due Process As A Source Of Protection For Psychiatric Patients To Refuse Drugs, William M. Brooks

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.


Civil Rights And Self-Concept: Life Stories Of Law, Disability And Employment, Frank W. Munger, David M. Engel Jan 1998

Civil Rights And Self-Concept: Life Stories Of Law, Disability And Employment, Frank W. Munger, David M. Engel

Articles & Chapters

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Whose Federalism, S. Elizabeth Malloy Jan 1998

Whose Federalism, S. Elizabeth Malloy

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

This Article examines briefly the Seminole Tribe and City of Boerne decisions. Part II then focuses on the ADA and the reasons why Congress made it applicable to government conduct as well as private conduct. Finally, Part III examines the argument, based on the new federalism, that the ADA should not apply to state entities. It does not appear that the Court's new federalism has had a liberty-enhancing effect for some of the most vulnerable persons in our society. The Court's revitalized federalism jurisprudence has led to questions about the continuing validity of many of our civil rights statutes as …


Disability, Deference, And The Integrity Of The Academic Enterprise, Anne Proffitt Dupre Jan 1998

Disability, Deference, And The Integrity Of The Academic Enterprise, Anne Proffitt Dupre

Scholarly Works

Congress has established a complex set of laws regarding the education of disabled students. This Article discusses the obligations the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act impose on schools and focuses on how courts interpreting these statutes address the decisions of educators regarding how best to educate disabled students. Professor Dupre brings to light a striking contrast between how courts regard the decisions of educators in higher education as opposed to the decisions of educators in primary and secondary schools, routinely according the former considerable deference while often …


The Supreme Court, 1997 Term -- Leading Cases -- Federal Statutes And Regulations -- Americans With Disabilities Act -- Asymptomatic Hiv, Peter Nicolas Jan 1998

The Supreme Court, 1997 Term -- Leading Cases -- Federal Statutes And Regulations -- Americans With Disabilities Act -- Asymptomatic Hiv, Peter Nicolas

Articles

No abstract provided.


Civil Rights And Self-Concept: Life Stories Of Law, Disability, And Employment, David M. Engel, Frank W. Munger Jan 1998

Civil Rights And Self-Concept: Life Stories Of Law, Disability, And Employment, David M. Engel, Frank W. Munger

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.