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Disability Law

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Americans with Disabilities Act (48)
Education (2)
Housing (3)
Rehabilitation Act (6)
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Employment Rights Who has Them and Who Enforces Them
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/rights.htm
Source: United States Department of Labor

Provides a good overview of who enforces the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act and who is covered under the acts with contact information for those who need help.
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What to Do if You Think You Have Been Discriminated Against
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ek97/what2do.htm
Source: United States Department of Labor

Gives a good step by step procedure for filing a complaint for a violation of the ADA, the Rehabilition Act or other laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability.
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Supreme Court Decisions Narrow Definition of Disability
http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Sep/1/126880.html
Source: Findlaw

Article discussing the definition of disability and how plaintiffs may prove the existence of a disability. Emphasizes the importance of individualized determinations.
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Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Disabilities Protection
http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Jul/1/126293.html
Source: Findlaw

Article by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP discussing the definition of disability and how plaintiffs may prove the existence of a disability.
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Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?n
Source: Findlaw

US Supreme Court opinion discussing whether a person is disabled when he/she can see with the aid of glasses, but is denied employment, because he/she cannot see without glasses.
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