Results
Legal > Housing
Group Home Rights Under the Fair Housing Act
...autonomy. Here's what the law says: the Fair Housing...residents retain specific rights inside those homes. Both...discriminate in housing based on disability. For group homes, this...governments can't use zoning laws to exclude homes serving...requires special permits for disability group homes but not for...neighborhood, the FHA says no. The law applies to group homes...
Career > Discrimination
Disability-Based Termination: Recognizing Wrongful Discharge
...line from a lawful employment...Protection Against Disability-Based Termination....because of their disability. That protection...because you have a disability." It covers terminations...motivated by disability, even when the...Your Employment Rights Under the ADA...specifically, the law prohibits: Firing...they have a disability Firing someone...asserting their ADA rights Discharging someone...
Career > Accommodations
Service Animals in the Workplace: Employer Obligations and Employee Rights
...directly related to your disability. Now you need to bring that...involving a service animal, the law is specific about what your...tasks for a person with a disability. The tasks must be directly...be directly related to the disability. Emotional support animals,...gets to decide whether your disability is real or whether the dog...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Wheelchair-Accessible School Bus Transportation: Legal Rights and Practical Solutions
...what you're entitled to, what the law requires, and exactly how to enforce...required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education."...transportation to get to school and their disability requires accommodations on that transport,...and provided at no cost to you. The law doesn't distinguish between "regular"...
Legal > Advocacy
Supported Decision-Making: An Alternative to Guardianship
...child of their decision-making rights. Many parents approaching their...decisions. The person with a disability retains all legal rights. The...disability retains all legal rights. The supporter doesn't make...guardianship, the person loses legal rights. Under SDM, they keep them....21 states have passed SDM laws. Illinois enacted its Supported...
Education > Special Education
Why Special Education Looks Different in Every State
...district. This is the law working exactly as it was...Education Act is a federal law, but it doesn't create...It establishes minimum rights: a free appropriate public...procedural protections, and the right to an IEP. States can go...added on top of federal law. When you cross a state...State. IDEA defines 13 disability categories but leaves...
Education > Special Education
Procedural Safeguards and Your Rights as a Special Education Parent
...entitled to under federal law. Knowing what's in it...(IDEA), outlining the legal rights the federal government...native language. If a disability affects how you receive...other arrangements. The Rights That Matter Most. The...The notice covers many rights, but a handful will be...records. You have the right to review any educational...
Education > Other
Charter Schools and Special Education: Understanding Your Legal Rights
...child with a disability, and someone...not be the right fit" for your...violates federal law. Charter schools...by the same disability rights law that...disability rights law that governs...disability rights law that governs...your child's disability, you have legal...about your rights, what capacity...Your Legal Rights Under IDEA....the federal law that governs...
Therapies > Animal
Service Dog, Therapy Dog, or Emotional Support Animal: Which Is Right for Your Child?
...full public access rights, one is free but only...requirements, legal access rights, and cost. Service...for a person with a disability. Under the Americans...full public access rights: restaurants, schools,...directly to the handler's disability. Common tasks for...service dog under the law, regardless of how...well-behaved it is. Legal Rights...
Global Insights > Culture
Person-First or Identity-First? What Parents Should Know About Language in the Disability Community
...with a learning disability. The logic is...comes first, the disability second. Then..."person with a disability" entirely. You're...it wrong. The disability community itself...emphasized that disability is one part...friend. The disability doesn't erase...It's baked into disability rights law,...into disability rights law, including...disability rights law, including the...
News > Advocacy
The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.
...In response, CoorDown (an Italian Down syndrome rights nonprofit) released a 91-second video for World...Reddit's r/TikTokCringe, coverage from The Drum to Disability Scoop, and coalition support from the National...Peter Pan & Wendy (2023), starring alongside Jude Law and Alexander...
Social Engagement > Discrimination
Understanding Disability Discrimination: Your Rights and How to Take Action
...which law applies,...experience disability discrimination...covers what disability discrimination...federal laws protect...Counts as Disability Discrimination....Discrimination. Disability discrimination...their disability, a history...history of disability, or a perceived...perceived disability. It shows...accommodations, or disability-based harassment....harassment. Disability discrimination...civil rights violations...Civil Rights. At work:...based on disability, harassment,...