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• Delaware DCT Holds that ANC Subsidiaries Subject to Suit under ADA and FMLA

  
  Turtle Talk — Authority: 140
  The case is Peason v. Chugash Governmental Services, Inc. (D. Del.). The materials: Pearson DCT Order Chugash Motion to Dismiss Pearson Opposition to Motion Chugash Reply Brief
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• Cracking Down on Inflexible Leave Policies: A Summary of the Sears EEOC Decision

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 138
  The Americans with Disabilities Act  (ADA) requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees. Despite this requirement, many employers maintain leave policies that are inflexible as to either the length of leave or the ability to request a different work assignment or other ...
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• US tissue firm offers $10,000 for hanging out at restrooms

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  New York, Nov 7 (IANS) A major US toilet tissue company is offering a $10,000 pay to five enthusiastic people willing to hang out at its Times Square restrooms for six weeks as its ambassadors during the holiday season.The “Charmin Ambassadors” are part of the company’s effort to promote the brand through ...
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• SUNY Cortland residence hall reopens after $5.6 million renovation project

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 138
  The State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland has completed the $5.6 million renovation of Fitzgerald Hall, one of its residential facilities. The Grand Reopening ceremony took place on Thursday, October 15 at 2:00 pm. There were guest speakers, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a reception and building tours. This ...
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• Letter: Homes for the Mentally Ill

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  To the Editor:.
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• CANADA Calgary Local Employment Programs for Disabled Workers

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 138
  Calgary Residents w ith Disabilities Receiv e Help from Local Employment Program People with disabilities  will get help preparing for jobs as a result of the Government of Canada’s support for a local employment program. Deepak Obhrai, member of Parliament for Calgary East, made the ...
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• Sidewalks become battlegrounds

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 429
  From USA Today (10/25/09): Sidewalks become battlegrounds By Chris Joyner, USA TODAY JACKSON, Miss. — The nations crumbling sidewalks have disabled residents taking their wheelchairs to the streets, a potentially dangerous practice that has cash-strapped cities and disability-rights advocates at odds over how ...
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• Brick Sidewalks In Downlown Lancaster

  
  Canthook — Authority: 130
  I had to go to the county courthouse last week. No place to park anywhere near, not that it bothered these drivers, who think that they dont have to follow the law. Several city and county cop cars drove past, ignoring the fact that these cars were parked in the middle of the street, which would be illegal even if ...
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• ‘Sidewalks become battlegrounds’

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 435
  From USA Today:Crumbling sidewalks across the nation don’t meet federal requirements for disability access, putting people in wheelchairs at risk as they take to the streets.Although there are no specific statistics on the number of accidents involving wheelchairs in streets, according to the U.S. Department of ...
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  Trade Regulation Talk — Authority: 124
  Classes of Disabled Franchise Patrons Certified in ADA Action Against Burger King This posting was written by Pete Reap, Editor of CCH Business Franchise Guide. Ten separate classes of Californian mobility-impaired patrons of ten Burger King restaurant franchises were entitled to be certified against the ...
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• Monkeys as Service Animals

  
  GARY PRESLEY — Authority: 118
  photograph linked to the story on the Springfield News-Leader website. The local "monkey as service animal" case made the radio talk show to which I listen today, and Richard the Monkey earned one pro and one con vote from the hosts. In relation to "service animal," the rules are both general and specific. ...
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• A Bonnet Macaque Named Richard

  
  GARY PRESLEY — Authority: 118
  The Bonnet Macaque from Wikipedia Here in southwest Missouri, mainly in the city of Springfield, there has been an ongoing dispute about the nature of a service animal. Today a federal district judge ruled that a Macaque monkey is not a service animal in relation to a person with agoraphobia and anxiety ...
  3 weeks ago

• Editorial: Justice for the Mentally Disabled

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The Justice Department’s pressure on New York to produce a plan to end its egregious situation with the warehousing of the mentally disabled could result in a better national standard.
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• CA: Victory! Judge Halts State Cuts to Prevent "Incredible Human Suffering"

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 429
  From Disability Rights California (10/19/09): Judge Halts Home Care Cuts: Says approach would likely violate federal law and cause “incredible human suffering” to seniors and people with disabilities who need these services Oakland, CA –U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken ruled today that the state ...
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• The Secret World of Deaf Prisoners

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 429
  From Mother Jones (10/2/09) The Secret World of Deaf Prisoners — By James Ridgeway ...The deaf face a nightmare when they fall into the criminal justice system. They live in a world apart to begin with; but in prison they are thrown into a dreaded new environment where they literally can’t understand the ...
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• Detective Ironside Never Visited This Place

  
  GARY PRESLEY — Authority: 118
  A fellow member of a disability-in-the-media discussion list found this photograph on a site called Cheezburger.com. It reminds me why I always resented the Ironsides television show. Raymond Burr -- Detective Ironsides -- would cruise around town in his custom van (Might it have be subtly racist that his driver ...
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• PA: Harkin to Speak about Disability Law and Policy

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 429
  Thornburgh Family Lecture series Disability Law & Policy Senator Tom Harkin U.S. Senator from Iowa Monday, October 26, 2009 1–2:30 p.m. Reception to follow University of Pittsburgh School of Law Barco Law Building, Teplitz Memorial Courtroom 3900 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Tom ...
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• Hearing Impaired Women Sues Sheriffs Office with help of ACLU

  
  What's The Word with Peter St. Cyr — Authority: 495
  The ACLU of New Mexico filed suit against the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) and several of its deputies on Thursday -- the same day they settled this lawsuit . The ACLU claims sheriff’s deputies coerced Angelicka Serna, a hearing-impaired woman, to falsely accuse her fiancé, Jose Herrera, of ...
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• EEOC Holding Town Hall Meetings About Hiring Disabled Workers Initiative

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 138
  Town Hall Meetings To Discuss Hiring Disabled Workers In an effort   to advance opportunities for workers with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold town hall meetings throughout the nation and offer workshops on new federal regulations and hiring procedures.  There ...
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• ADA Amendments Act – News from the EEOC

  
  Day In Washington — Authority: 91
  It was almost exactly one year ago that the President signed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) into law. As a part of tht law, Congress directed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to amend its ADA regulation to reflect the changes made by the ADAAA. Today, the Equal Employment ...
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