A public relations worker with ADHD who was criticised for being 'disorganised' when she missed calls because she went to Starbucks, shopping, or for a massage, has won a disability discrimination ...
WASHINGTON − For years, Gina and Aaron Tharpe argued that a local school district hadn't done enough to accommodate their daughter, who has a rare form of epilepsy and severe cognitive impairment. An ...
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday told employees ...
Disability rights groups had followed the case closely, warning that arguments by the school district could threaten broader protections for people with disabilities. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from ...
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving a Minnesota school district and parents of a student with epilepsy who say the district didn't adequately accommodate her disability. The parents, ...
WASHINGTON − A unanimous Supreme Court on June 12 made it easier for families to use the Americans with Disabilities Act to sue schools for damages, ruling a lower court used too tough a standard to ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with students with disabilities, overturning a lower-court ruling that had required them to meet a more stringent standard of liability when suing their ...