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Legal > Housing
How Long Do HUD Fair Housing Investigations Take
...complaint. That deadline comes from 42 U.S.C. § 3610(a)(1), which sets the framework for how Fair Housing complaints move through the system. The 100 days cover...common in cases involving multiple tenants, corporate landlords with slow legal departments, or disputes where the evidence requires expert analysis. If...
Financial > Financial Planning
Financial Planning for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Supported Decision-Making for Money
...behalf of the person with IDD. But there's another framework: supported decision-making, where adults with...for Money. Supported decision-making (SDM) is a legal framework that lets adults with intellectual disabilities...Money. Supported decision-making (SDM) is a legal framework that lets adults with intellectual disabilities...
Career > Skills Training
Workplace Communication Training: Email Etiquette and Professional Writing
...three times. The first version felt too casual. The second read like a legal brief. The third deleted itself halfway through because you couldn't figure...useless on its own. These instructions assume you already know the unwritten framework and are simply applying it. Autism can make tone inference genuinely difficult....
Career > Discrimination
Equal Pay Act and Disability: Fighting Wage Discrimination
...performing work substantially equal to a colleague but earning less, you have legal protections. Here's how the Equal Pay Act intersects with disability discrimination...because of your disability, that's illegal under both the Equal Pay Act framework and the ADA. The law doesn't require identical jobs; substantially equal...
Career > Discrimination
Disparate Impact and Disability: When Neutral Policies Discriminate
...disadvantages disabled employees far more often than non-disabled employees. The legal test comes from a Supreme Court case called Griggs v. Duke Power Co., originally...applied to Title VII race discrimination claims. Courts have extended the framework to ADA cases. To establish disparate impact, you need to show three things:...
Career > Accommodations
Temporary Accommodations During Medical Treatment or Recovery
...will decide you're not worth keeping. That worry is real, but there's a legal framework designed specifically for this situation. The Americans with Disabilities...decide you're not worth keeping. That worry is real, but there's a legal framework designed specifically for this situation. The Americans with Disabilities...
Legal > Advocacy
Supported Decision-Making: An Alternative to Guardianship
...supported decision-making. It's a legal framework that formalizes your role...supported decision-making. It's a legal framework that formalizes your role as a supporter...person with a disability retains all legal rights. The supporter doesn't make...Under guardianship, the person loses legal rights. Under SDM, they keep them....
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know
...students with disabilities. In college, that obligation disappears. The legal framework shifts to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section...students with disabilities. In college, that obligation disappears. The legal framework shifts to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the...
Global Insights > Employment
When (and How) to Tell an Employer About Your Disability: A Decision Guide
...depends on what you need, where you work, and what legal framework governs your employment. Here's how...what you need, where you work, and what legal framework governs your employment. Here's how to make that...consistent with business necessity. That's the US framework under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....
Global Insights > Advocacy
Beyond the IEP: Legal Rights Parents of Children with Disabilities Should Know
...and understand procedural safeguards. But the legal framework doesn't stop at the school door. The...understand procedural safeguards. But the legal framework doesn't stop at the school door. The Americans...services. Many parents don't realize the same legal structure that governs their child's education...
Special Needs > Diabetes
Your Child's 504 Plan for Diabetes: A Complete Guide for School Management
...accommodations, and you're supposed to know what to ask for. A 504 plan is the legal framework that protects your child's access to the medical care they need...accommodations, and you're supposed to know what to ask for. A 504 plan is the legal framework that protects your child's access to the medical care they need during the...
Parenting > Adulthood
Supported Decision-Making vs. Guardianship: What Every Parent Should Know Before Their Child Turns 18
...most people know. Guardianship strips legal rights from the person under guardianship....decision-making doesn't. It builds a framework for making decisions together, with...with disabilities maintaining their legal autonomy. The difference matters because...court appoints a guardian who has the legal authority to make decisions on their...