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Showing posts with label Americans with Disabilities Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Americans with Disabilities Act. Show all posts
Monday, April 5, 2021

USA: Justice Department moves unopposed motion to intervene as Plaintiff in a Disability Discrimination Suit Against City of Chicago Regarding Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities

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Dear Colleagues, This is a disability rights enforcement action by the Justice Department of United States of America against the City of Ch...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Manhattan Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer rules "NYC has violated the ADA by not installing accessible pedestrian signlas for the blind."

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Dear Colleages,  A federal lawsuit, brought by the the American Council of the Blind in 2018, sued NYC Govt. on behalf of plaintiffs Michael...
Friday, June 30, 2017

California Federal Judge allows Website Accessibility Lawsuit to continue under Title III, ADA

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Dear Colleagues, Within a week after a Florida federal judge handed down a trial verdict finding that Winn Dixie had violated Title II...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

ना रहेगा बांस, ना बजेगी बांसुरी - Instead of making online audio and video content accessible at the order of Deptt of Justice, UC Berkeley removes entire public content - leaving all students in lurch.

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Dear Colleauges, A group of scholars have objected to a decision by the University of California, Berkeley, to remove many video and a...
Friday, August 19, 2016

Travelodge sued for discriminating with a deaf customer with guide dog in USA

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Dear Colleagues, A deaf woman who uses a service dog is suing the Travelodge of La Mesa, alleging discrimination for how she was treat...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Franklin Institute's policy of charging attendant of disabled patron held discriminatory

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Federal Judge orders Franklin Museum to change admission policy of charging the attendant of disabled patron since it would be deemed di...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Can blind carry guns in public under the ADA

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Changes to USA's  Americans with Disabilities Act (the state law)  in 2011 allowed those with visual impairments to legally carry guns...
Monday, August 5, 2013

Hospital refused Sign Language Interpretor - sued for disability discrimination under ADA

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Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Vero Beach, Fla. Doctor and Medical Practice for Retaliating Against Deaf Couple Monday, Ju...

Disabilities can't be restricted to those in the PwD Act 1995

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Dear Colleages, The present medical model of disability in the Disability Act and as understood by the Courts has some serious shortco...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Lawsuit against State of Florida for unnecessary segretation of disabled in institutions

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Dear Colleagues, Children have a right to grow up with their families, among their friends and in their own ‎communities‬ as per US Su...