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Special ed and civil rights offices to shift out of Education Department
The Education Department plans to move the offices that oversee special education services and civil rights out of the agency.
‘I felt heard’: These neurodivergent students are helping each other build more inclusive schools
The Neurodiversity Alliance, led by students with autism, ADHD and dyslexia, has expanded from 60 to 600 campuses to promote inclusion.
MD Appellate Court vacates judge’s order denying man in guardianship from voting
The Maryland Appellate Court found a lower court applied the wrong legal standard in disqualifying a man under guardianship for mental disability from voting.
Disability-rights arguments grow heated at Supreme Court, though sweeping ruling appears unlikely
A disability-rights case at the Supreme Court grew unusually heated on Monday, including accusations of lying”
Public accommodations and other rights
Our law and policy infrastructure should simply accept many elements of our digital sphere as a place of public accommodation. Not to do so seems, at best, a silly view […]
Salisbury man will pay $100K damages for journalist’s tweet-induced seizure
A Salisbury supporter of Donald Trump has agreed to pay $100,000 to a journalist and outspoken critic of the president to whom the backer sent a tweet containing a message intended to cause him to suffer a severe epileptic seizure, which he did.
Court of Appeals sets standards for excusing disabled would-be jurors
Maryland trial judges may not excuse prospective jurors because of their disabilities without first seeking to provide reasonable accommodations and concluding that their particular disabilities would prevent them from providing […]
4th Circuit: U.S. courts closed to job bias claims against Md. agencies
Federal courthouse doors are closed to discrimination claims against Maryland state agencies under the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a former prison […]
State, deputies reach $1.9M settlement over death of disabled Frederick man
The parents of a man with Down syndrome who died following a confrontation with Frederick County sheriff's deputies at a movie theater more than five years ago have settled their lawsuit for $1.9 million.
Doctor-aided suicide called personal right, mercy killing at House hearing
A bill to allow terminally ill adults access to lethal doses of medicine draws praise from leading civil rights group but scorn from advocates for the disabled.
