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Six Flags lawsuit moves forward
News from New Jersey The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has refused to dismiss a disability discrimination lawsuit challenging Six Flags Theme Park Inc.’s new ridership rules,...
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Pennsylvania to phase out solitary confinement for prisoners with mental illness
News from Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and a coalition of disability advocates announced a settlement January 6, requiring the state to improve conditions for prisoners with...
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Members announced for new disability employment advisory committee
Federal Employment Committee Membership Announced The Department of Labor announced January 5 the 17 people who will serve on a new disability advisory committee, created as part of a comprehensive...
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Senators introduce “Wounded Veterans Recreation Act of 2015″
Veterans Recreation Bill Introduced Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced a bill January 8 to give veterans with service-related disabilities free lifetime parking...
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Special education settlement moves forward for New Orleans schools
News from Louisiana A federal judge gave preliminary approval January 8 on a comprehensive settlement to overhaul special education services in New Orleans’ network of charter and district schools....
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Quinnipiac to compensate student expelled for depression
Higher education The U.S. Department of Education and Quinnipiac University in Connecticut have reached an agreement to settle allegations that the school violated the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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Disability advocates urge San Francisco to drop Supreme Court appeal
Police Response to People with Mental Illness More than 40 disability rights and other civil rights groups signed on to a letter sent to San Francisco city officials on January 8, urging the city to...
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House passes rule change limiting future funds to SSDI
SSDI Trust Fund at Risk On the first day of the new session, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it more difficult to shore up the Social Security Disability Insurance trust...
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Avonte’s Law reintroduced
Bill to fund tracking devices Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has reintroduced a bill that would create a permanent federal funding stream for voluntary tracking devices for children with Autism Spectrum...
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Advocacy groups oppose new proposal to relax testing requirement
Advocates oppose testing changes The nation’s largest disability coalition wrote a letter to the chairman of the Senate education committee January 21, speaking out against a proposal to ease testing...
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