Online Mental Disability Law Education, A Disability Rights Tribunal, And The Creation Of An Asian Disability Law Database: Their Impact On Research, Training And Teaching Of Law, Criminology Criminal Justice In Asia,
2013
New York Law School
Online Mental Disability Law Education, A Disability Rights Tribunal, And The Creation Of An Asian Disability Law Database: Their Impact On Research, Training And Teaching Of Law, Criminology Criminal Justice In Asia, Michael L. Perlin, Heather Ellis Cucolo, Yoshikazu Ikehara
Articles & Chapters
Two professors at New York Law School (NYLS) and the director of the Tokyo Advocacy Law Office are engaged in initiatives with the potential to have major influences on the study of law, criminology, and criminal justice: the creation of a Disability Rights Tribunal for Asia and the Pacific (DRTAP), and expansion of NYLS’s online mental disability law program (OMDLP) to include numerous Asian venues.
DRTAP seeks to create a sub-regional body (a Commission and eventually a Court) to hear violations of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This will explicitly inspire scholarship about issues such …
They’Re Planting Stories In The Press: The Impact Of Media Distortions On Sex Offender Law And Policy,
2013
New York Law School
They’Re Planting Stories In The Press: The Impact Of Media Distortions On Sex Offender Law And Policy, Heather Ellis Cucolo, Michael L. Perlin
Articles & Chapters
Individuals classified as sexual predators are the pariahs of the community. Sex offenders are arguably the most despised members of our society and therefore warrant our harshest condemnation. Twenty individual states and the federal government have enacted laws confining individuals who have been adjudicated as “sexually violent predators” to civil commitment facilities post incarceration and/or conviction. Additionally, in many jurisdictions, offenders who are returned to the community are restricted and monitored under community notification, registration and residency limitations. Targeting, punishing and ostracizing these individuals has become an obsession in society, clearly evidenced in the constant push to enact even more …
Prospects And Practices For Crpd Implementation In Africa,
2013
University of Baltimore School of Law
Prospects And Practices For Crpd Implementation In Africa, Janet E. Lord, Michael Ashley Stein
Book Chapters
African states strongly embraced the adoption of the CRPD, along with its Optional Protocol. The Working Group that developed the foundational text of the treaty included delegations from seven African nations. Likewise, the lone seat allocated within the Working Group to represent national human rights institutions was held by a South African Human Rights Commissioner. Sixteen African countries signed the CRPD on the first day it opened for signature, and 34 have ratified it, contributing to a rapid entry into force. In addition, 18 African states are party to the Optional Protocol to the CRPD, thereby assenting to its complaint …
MartinIzing Title I Of The Americans With Disabilities Act,
2013
William & Mary Law School
MartinIzing Title I Of The Americans With Disabilities Act, Nicole Buonocore Porter
Faculty Publications
Prior to the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, relatively few cases proceeded past the initial inquiry of whether the plaintiff was covered by the ADA. Consequently, the scope of an employer's obligation to provide a reasonable accommodation to an individual with a disability remains under-developed and under-theorized. Now that the Amendments have made it easier for plaintiffs to prove that they have a disability under the ADA, we can expect to see more courts struggling with many difficult reasonable accommodation issues. The current case law is chaotic, providing little guidance to employers and courts in determining whether an accommodation is …
Child Welfare Cases Involving Parents With Disabilities,
2013
University of Michigan
Child Welfare Cases Involving Parents With Disabilities, Joshua Kay
Articles
Many families include at least one parent with a disability. These parents become involved in the child welfare system more frequently than nondisabled parents, and their child protection cases are more likely to end in termination of parental rights. Parents with cognitive and/or psychiatric disabilities are particularly at risk of child welfare involvement. Cases involving parents with disabilities present special challenges and opportunities in child protection litigation, and strong advocacy is needed to ensure that these parents’ needs are met by the child welfare system and their rights are fully protected. With appropriate services, many parents with disabilities can provide …
Doubly Protected And Doubly Discriminated: The Paradox Of Women With Disabilities After Conflict,
2012
William & Mary Law School
Doubly Protected And Doubly Discriminated: The Paradox Of Women With Disabilities After Conflict, Kathleen Cornelsen
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Beyond Abortion: Human Genetics And The New Eugenics,
2012
Pepperdine University
Beyond Abortion: Human Genetics And The New Eugenics, John R. Harding Jr.
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Assisted Suicide: A Tough Pill To Swallow,
2012
Texas A&M University School of Law
Assisted Suicide: A Tough Pill To Swallow, Mary Margaret Penrose
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bragdon V. Abbott: The Supreme Court's Anti-Discrimination Advocacy And The Reopening Of Pandora's Box ,
2012
Pepperdine University
Bragdon V. Abbott: The Supreme Court's Anti-Discrimination Advocacy And The Reopening Of Pandora's Box , Brett D. Watson
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Indicators For Improving Educational, Employment, And Economic Outcomes For Youth And Young Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: A National Report On Existing Data Sources,
2012
University of Massachusetts Boston
Indicators For Improving Educational, Employment, And Economic Outcomes For Youth And Young Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: A National Report On Existing Data Sources, Jennifer Sullivan Sulewski, Agnieszka Zalewska, John Butterworth
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
The following report summarizes available national data on educational, employment and economic outcomes for youth and young adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) over the years 2000-2010. These data can be used to benchmark progress in improving these outcomes for young adult population across the country and within individual states. Data is reported separately for two age groups of young adults (16-21 and 22-30) in order to capture possible differences between youth likely to still be receiving school services (through age 21) and those who have moved on from the education system.
Continuing Combat At Home: How Judges And Attorneys Can Improve Their Handling Of Combat Veterans With Ptsd In Criminal Courts,
2012
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Continuing Combat At Home: How Judges And Attorneys Can Improve Their Handling Of Combat Veterans With Ptsd In Criminal Courts, Jeffrey Lewis Wieand Jr.
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Medicating The Ada - Sutton V. United Airlines, Inc.: Considering Mitigating Measures To Define Disability,
2012
Pepperdine University
Medicating The Ada - Sutton V. United Airlines, Inc.: Considering Mitigating Measures To Define Disability, Ian D. Thompson
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Cedar Rapids Community School District V. Garret F.: A High Price For Equal Education ,
2012
Pepperdine University
Cedar Rapids Community School District V. Garret F.: A High Price For Equal Education , Kristie Harding
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Group Home Exclusively For Married Couples With Developmental Disabilities: A Natural Next-Step,
2012
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
A Group Home Exclusively For Married Couples With Developmental Disabilities: A Natural Next-Step, Marissa Debellis
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bullying Victimization As A Disability In Public Elementary And Secondary Education,
2012
University of Missouri School of Law
Bullying Victimization As A Disability In Public Elementary And Secondary Education, Douglas E. Abrams
Faculty Publications
This article discusses two reasons why likening bullying victimization to an educational disability makes sense. First, face-to-face bullying and cyberbullying impose on student victims the sort of educational deprivation that the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) addresses in the disabilities arena. Second, today’s belated public sensitivity to school bullying victims resembles the belated public sensitivity to students with disabilities that led to passage of the IDEA in 1975.
Description Of Supported Employment Practices, Cross-System Partnerships, And Funding Models Of Four Types Of State Agencies And Community Rehabilitation Providers,
2012
University of Massachusetts Boston
Description Of Supported Employment Practices, Cross-System Partnerships, And Funding Models Of Four Types Of State Agencies And Community Rehabilitation Providers, Kelly Haines, Joseph Marrone, John Halliday, Michael Tashjian, Martha Klemm, Susan Stoddard, Susan M. Foley
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
In 2005, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) awarded the VR Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) to the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston and its partners, InfoUse in Berkeley, California and the Center for the Advancement and Study of Disability Policy. In 2010, NIDRR provided supplemental funds to the ICI so that the VR-RRTC could include a focus on the provision of supported employment (SE) services. This SE research would focus on vocational rehabilitation (VR)agency partnerships with other state entities, and sources and models for long-term funding (extended services). The …
Discouraging Voluntary Disclosure: Eeoc V. C.R. England And Confidentiality Under The Ada,
2012
Brigham Young University Law School
Discouraging Voluntary Disclosure: Eeoc V. C.R. England And Confidentiality Under The Ada, Jessica Jones
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Federal Efforts To Achieve Mental Health Parity: A Step In The Right Direction, But Discrimination Remains,
2012
American University Washington College of Law
Federal Efforts To Achieve Mental Health Parity: A Step In The Right Direction, But Discrimination Remains, Lucas Quass
Legislation and Policy Brief
Prior to the 1970s, many healthcare plans in the U.S. offered benefits without discriminating between mental health and general healthcare coverage. In the 1970s and 1980s, the cost of healthcare increased dramatically and employers eliminated or limited mental health benefits in an attempt to reduce insurance costs. To manage insurance costs, employers began using more cost sharing mechanisms and benefit caps on mental health benefits. However, these limitations were not applied equally to mental health and general health benefits and a coverage disparity was created. Today, insurers often do not provide coverage for mental health on the same terms as …
The Americans With Disabilities Act: Should The Amendments To The Act Help Individuals With Mental Illness?,
2012
American University Washington College of Law
The Americans With Disabilities Act: Should The Amendments To The Act Help Individuals With Mental Illness?, Abigail J. Schopick
Legislation and Policy Brief
On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The ADA was intended to eliminate discrimination against individuals with disabilities by expanding the Rehabilitation Act (Rehab Act) to cover people with disabilities in need of coverage from a non-federal employer or entity. Unfortunately, due to a number of Supreme Court cases narrowing the focus of the ADA, the individuals that were intended by Congress to have full protection under the law were no longer assured adequate coverage. In 2008, in response to the narrowing of the definition of disability and …
Jumping On The Bandwagon: The United States Supreme Court Prohibits The Execution Of Mentally Retarded Persons In Atkins V. Virginia,
2012
Pepperdine University
Jumping On The Bandwagon: The United States Supreme Court Prohibits The Execution Of Mentally Retarded Persons In Atkins V. Virginia, Lisa Odom
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
