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Nothing To Sneeze At: Severe Food Allergy As A Disability Under The Ada Amendments Act Of 2008, Jason Mustard Sep 2015

Nothing To Sneeze At: Severe Food Allergy As A Disability Under The Ada Amendments Act Of 2008, Jason Mustard

Golden Gate University Law Review

This Comment argues that the courts must classify individuals with severe food allergies as having a disability under the ADAA going forward and accordingly must extend the accommodations and protections that come with that designation to these individuals. Part II of the Comment examines the prevalence and severity of food allergies in the United States. Part III examines the history of disability law and how that law has been applied to individuals with severe food allergies. Part IV discusses the status of severe food allergies going forward in light of the ADAA and the effect of the law on recent …


Aligning Or Maligning? Getting Inside A New Idea, Getting Behind No Child Left Behind And Getting Outside Of It All, Stephen A. Rosenbaum Jan 2003

Aligning Or Maligning? Getting Inside A New Idea, Getting Behind No Child Left Behind And Getting Outside Of It All, Stephen A. Rosenbaum

Publications

In this article, I briefly review the background for the latest iteration of federal special education policy, the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education (Improvement) Act or IDEA. With a slight apology to ardent advocates for parents and children with disabilities, I then suggest ways that they and their clients can set aside their concerns about a diluted statute and learn to live with a changed legal landscape — and perhaps even flourish in an educational system that aims to raise the standards for all students. With each cycle of program review, policy revisitation and legislative revision, those who …


Interim Hearing On Guide, Signal And Service Dogs, Senate Subcommittee On The Rights Of The Disabled Nov 1990

Interim Hearing On Guide, Signal And Service Dogs, Senate Subcommittee On The Rights Of The Disabled

California Senate

No abstract provided.


San Francisco's Special/Minority Populations And Chronic Mentally Ill: Components Of The Crisis, Senate Subcommittee On The Rights Of The Disabled Jul 1987

San Francisco's Special/Minority Populations And Chronic Mentally Ill: Components Of The Crisis, Senate Subcommittee On The Rights Of The Disabled

California Senate

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