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ACLU Joins Civil Rights Organizations for Disability Rights Briefing - (ACLU - Jan. 8, 2008)
The American Civil Liberties Union participated in a briefing in conjunction with the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights, to discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Restoration Act of 2007.

ADA Act of 1990 - (U.S. Code)
Current text of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.

ADA Checklist for New Lodging Facilities - (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
A self-help survey that owners, franchisors, and managers of lodging facilities can use to identify ADA mistakes at their facilities.

Another Story Illustrating Why We Need the ADA - (Growing Up With a Disability Blog - Jan. 24, 2008)
A blog entry from a college student with cerebral palsy who believes society often underestimates the complexity of living with a disability - the joys, the challenges, the ordinary, and the extraordinary.

Comparison of the ADA and the ADA Amendments Act - (Georgetown U)

Doing Good Work? You're Fired! - (Reunify Gally - Oct. 28, 2007)
A story about a man who got fired because his disability did not interfere with his ability to perform the job for which he was hired.

EEOC Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Psychiatric Disabilities (EEOC)
Addendum following a Supreme Court's ruling on determining whether a person has an ADA disability.

Eve Hill appointed first director of "Disability Rights" (The Washington Continent - Sept. 13, 2007)
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty nominated Eve Hill, nationally known expert on disability rights law, as director of the Office of Disability Rights, a cabinet-level position.

Expansion of American Disability Law Now Looks Likely (Kiplinger Business Resource Center - Jan. 24, 2008)
Employers should brace for an expansion of the Americans with Disabilities Act. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing a bill that would broaden the reach of the ADA.

Homeless Assistance Recovery Program (HARP) (Questions and Answers)
A program from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority that administers the Section 8 Voucher Program.

Restoring the Americans with Disabilities Act (DREDF eNews - Oct. 2007)
Info from the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund on legislation that will restore important civil rights for people with disabilities.

Sample Letter to Senators on ADA Restoration Act (Reunify Gally - Nov. 21, 2007)
How to let your Senator know how important this piece of legislation is.

Senate Hearing on the ADA Restoration Act (Reunify Gally - Nov. 21, 2007)
Info on a recent Senate hearing.

Supreme Court to Decide Question Re Disabled Employee Reassignment (CA Labor & Employment Law Blog - Dec. 23, 2007)
The Court will attempt to harmonize differing appellate court rulings by deciding whether the ADA requires an employer to give a disabled employee a preference in job reassignments.

Tax Benefits for Businesses Accommodating Persons with Disabilities (IRS - Oct. 31, 2007)
Reminder from IRSA that there are tax benefits in the form of credits and deductions for businesses that accommodate individuals with disabilities.

United Spinal Assn. Urges Congress to Restore Americans with Disabilities Act (Oct. 2007)
On Oct. 4, 2007, Congress held the first hearing on a bill to restore the employment protections of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Utilization of Mt. Pleasant Center (Memo from Michigan Dept. of Community Health - Nov. 1 2007)
Re: usage of center by CMHSPs and PIHPs

Women Face Workplace Weight Discrimination (MSU Today - Oct. 26, 2007)
Women are 16 times more likely than men to report weight discrimination in the workplace, according to a MSU-led study that provides the most dramatic evidence yet of the weight bias working women face.

ADA Home Page - (U.S. Department of Justice website)
Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans With Disabilities Act.

ADA Watch.org - (National Coalition for Disability Rights)
Advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities.

Disability Network
Their mission is to realize consumer empowerment, self determination, full-inclusion, and participation of all people in our community through the independent living philosophy and unequivocal implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Steve Gold's Treasured Nuggets of Information
A Pennsylvania attorney with tools and articles on how to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act and searchable archives on other related subjects.

Archive ADA: The Path to Equality (Georgetown University)
This site serves as a comprehensive, online archive of documents and history related to the ADA and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.

I try to keep up on the ALJ decisions related to the elderly and disabled waiver; the children’s waiver, and the 1915 b/c waivers that fund CMH services. If you need a copy of a decision for a case you may have, let me know and for $10 we will get it to you asap…(just trying to catch up on our fees for the freedom of information requests)… Please let us know if this helps you or not.

CMH Table of Decisions 1999-2006
CMH Table of Decisions 2007
CWS Table of Decisions
EDW Table of Decisions
PIHP Fair Hearing Outcomes table 10/1/04 - 9/30/05