Journalist – Historian – Speaker
Over the last month, I’ve been tracking a collection of lawsuits applying disability civil rights laws to mask mandates, specifically to overturn BANS on mask mandates as violating IDEA, ADA, and Section 504 in various ways. The differences matter for many reasons, but in part because IDEA has an “exhaustion” rule intended to preclude disabled …
Yesterday I wrote on the Endrew F. v Douglas County decision from the Supreme Court. It’s powerful and could make a real difference in special education in this country. In the meantime, though, even as the decision was being handed down, ADAPT (a direct action disability rights group) was occupying the Capitol Rotunda, chanting, and …
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Department of Education sent me this (I updated the title as well) We were made aware of the problem with the site early this morning and we are actively working to resolve. There have been server issues relating to this site going back to at least Jan. 27. We’re actively …
When someone says they will be “sensitive” to the needs of people with disabilities, I get nervous. Being sensitive is like “awareness” campaigns. It doesn’t do anything. One: Hassan and DeVos on vouchers and special ed. Hassan – It’s not just ideas, but how they work in practice. Two: Kaine and DeVos (DeVos – Leave …