RE |
Rights/Entitlements |
 |
Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
Details
information about the ADA including supreme court rulings,
information on requesting accommodations, frequently asked
questions, and tax incentives for employers.
www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adalinks.htm
|
|
|
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Its purpose
is to
protect and advance the rights of adults and children who have
mental disabilities. Details breaking news, as well as legal
opinions and articles on current events. Also details current calls
for action in the field of mental health law.
www.bazelon.org
|
| |
DisabilityInfo.gov
The New Freedom Initiative's online resource for Americans with disabilities. Offers information on employment, housing, education, transportation, health, technology, and more.
www.disabilityinfo.gov
|
|
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund,
Inc.
DREDF is
a national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and
advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through
legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and
education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with
disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities.
www.dredf.org
|
|
|
FindLaw
Information
about legal resources and directories to find local attorney
offices.
www.findlaw.com
|
| |
Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical
Assistance Center (DBTAC)
DBTAC,
also known as The Great Lakes ADA & Accessible IT Center, provides
information, materials, technical assistance and training on the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and accessible
information technology (IT).
www.adagreatlakes.org/
|
|
|
International and Comparative Disability Law Web Resources
Syracuse
University provides a lot of helpful information on international
disability laws.
www.law.syr.edu/lawlibrary/electronic/humanrights.aspx
|
|
|
Justice For
All E-Mail Network
Part of the AAPD
(American Association of People with Disabilities) - the largest
national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the U.S.
- Justice For All and the JFA E-mail Network were formed to defend
and advance disability rights and programs, specifically to get the
word from Washington D.C. out to the grassroots.
http://www.aapd.com/Advocacy/JFA.html
|
|
|
National ADA & ADAAG Consultant List
Directory of lawyers and
attorneys with experience in representing clients dealing with the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
http://www.schmokel.com/smoke5.htm
|
|
|
NYC Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
Information for New
Yorkers about city laws and benefit programs, community resources,
recreation, and government forms.
www.nyc.gov/html/mopd/
|
|
|
Office for Civil Rights
The
mission of the Office for Civil Rights is to ensure equal access to
education and to promote educational excellence throughout the
nation through vigorous enforcement of civil rights.
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html
|
|
|
Students with Disabilities Preparing
for Postsecondary Education: Know your Rights and Responsibilities
An article on the
U.S. Department of Education's site that discusses some of the
differences between disabilities laws when transitioning from high
school to college or any other postsecondary educational institute. It
also addresses self-identification to the school, what to do in cases of
discrimination, and some of the details of the applicable laws.
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html
|
|
|
US Department of Justice ADA Homepage
Information about the ADA,
including other Federal agencies with ADA responsibilities, an
individual's guide to disability rights laws, and information for
businesses.
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
|
