Yes, it's exactly like Sophie's Choice

From Inside Higher Ed , here's the story of a seven-year-old ADA case against Louisiana's McNeese State University for failure to...

Got access?

Cilla Sluga at Big Noise and Justice for All blog have both written recently about an ad for Accessible Cities Alliance that appeared in ...

ADA Restoration Act

The ADA Restoration Act is designed to clarify who the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act applies to in order to protect against the incre...

ADA coverage on The Daily Show

Last Thursday, the anniversary of the signing of the ADA, was noted on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with this clip called "High...

Happy 17, ADA!

Today, July 26, is the 17th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here's a photo of the historic event, sho...

Pedro Guzman -- Disability claim disputed

I've been checking daily for news on U.S. citizen Pedro Guzman's disappearance after police deported him in early May. There hasn...

Olmstead Anniversary and the "right to die"

Today, June 22, 2007, is the eighth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. LC and EW . LC and EW are Lois Curtis and Elain...

Need something to read because you came here to see what's up, only to find that I am currently a slacker?

Go here and read Retired Waif's lovely rant . A tiny taste: Yes, I have a terrible attitude. I catch reproachful looks all the time. Aft...

Eleventh Circuit: Mental Retardation is Not a Disability Under the ADA

I stole the headline from Sam Bagenstos at Disability Law . He has the relevant excerpt from the unpublished Eleventh Circuit District Court...

A life sentence in prison for Daphne Wright

I wrote about the Wright murder trial here and here , but I'm going to defer to the Deaf bloggers that have been covering this case so ...

504 Sit-in Anniversary

Ed Roberts: Congressional Hearings in the Federal Building, Friday April 15, 1977, conducted by Congresspersons Phil Burton and George Mil...

Accessibility here, just somewhere else

Flickr credits: Lee Bennett , ekai , and Isgphoto , respectively. Visual descriptions of the three photos above: 1) A simple sign that reads...

Molski and the Ninth Circuit

I've written about Jarek Molski before. He's the paraplegic Californian who has sued hundreds of businesses for Title III ADA viola...

Just don't bitch about it

From the Joplin Globe of Missouri : Official lashes out after report By Roger McKinney COLUMBUS, Kan. — Information from an advocate for pe...

Inconspicuous

Ruth at A Different Light wrote something recently about the phenomenon of unsolicited advice. Her witty commentary here: Yesterday a woman...

The Sparrow

I've been reading The Sparrow , by Mary Doria Russell . It's a captivating novel about a Jesuit-funded mission to contact newly-disc...

Oklahoma opens its first accessible prison

In a report out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Angel Riggs writes : Department of Corrections officials this week began moving several of the s...

Eyes on whose prize, part 2

It was during the transphobia/delink Twisty debates across feminist bloglandia last December that Kactus at Superbabymama happened to note ...

Bush won't renominate anti-disability rights judge for appeals court

The Associated Press reports that : In a concession to the Senate's new Democratic majority, President Bush won't rename four contro...