Shortages Hinder Aid To Disabled; Region's Agencies Cite Lack of Staffing,...

The Washington Post;  November 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......amount of money for people with mental disabilities. With nearly $40 million set aside...agencies that deal with people with mental disabilities are experiencing difficulties hiring...responsible for linking people with mental disabilities with care providers. For advocates...

Alameda County Sued For Violating Rights of Mentally Disabled

Oakland Post;  July 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ......accommodations" for persons with mental disabilities who receive the benefits. "For many...obligation to identify persons with mental disabilities and provide them with reasonable...to properly identify people with mental disabilities and far too many fall between the...

REMINDER: HARASSMENT BASED ON DISABILITY IS WRONG, ILLEGAL

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  July 26, 2000 ;     472 words ......principles involved. It emphasizes that disability harassment is defined as intimidation or abusive...authors of the letter, says that disability harassment can have a profound and devastating...schools what actions may constitute disability harassment under existing law and ...

New ADA handbook on mental disabilities

Human Rights;  January 1, 1998 ;     354 words ......other key questions are answered in Mental Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities...view and focuses specifically on mental disabilities, including mental illness, developmental...enforcement mechanisms as they relate to mental disabilities; Part II focuses on employment...

HEALTH-RIGHTS: HEALTH GROUP TURNS SPOTLIGHT ON MENTALLY DISABLED

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  April 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ......reveals that children and adults with mental disabilities are often subjected to treatment...Throughout the world, people with mental disabilities face pervasive discrimination, abuse...NGO). "Children and adults with mental disabilities are routinely and arbitrarily detained...

Often Disenfranchised, People With Mental Disabilities Can Assert Their...

U.S. Newswire;  October 7, 2008 ;     534 words ......title of a guide for people with mental disabilities issued today by two national advocacy...booklet written for voters with mental disabilities and their advocates also informs...affect voting by individuals with mental disabilities. "There is a widespread myth that...

WHO turns spotlight on mentally disabled. (Clips).(World Health...

Women in Action;  August 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......reveals that children and adults with mental disabilities are often subjected to treatment...Throughout the world, people with mental disabilities face pervasive discrimination, abuse...NGO). Children and adults with mental disabilities are routinely and arbitrarily detained...

Hearing the sexual assault complaints of women with mental disabilities:...

McGill Law Journal;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......capacities of women with mental disabilities. These problems are...infantilize women with mental disabilities, thereby diminishing...experiences of women with mental disabilities demand modifications...

VISUAL ANALYSES AND DISCRIMINATIONS: ONE APPROACH TO MEASURING STUDENTS'...

American Annals of the Deaf;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......students, 16 students with mild mental disabilities, and 9 students with physical...performance of students with mild mental disabilities. It appears that students with mild mental disabilities encountered difficulties with...

Court: some with mental disabilities entitled to homelike care

The Journal Record;  June 23, 1999 ;     246 words ......States may have to place people with mental disabilities in homelike settings if they can...require placement of persons with mental disabilities in community settings, rather than...state and the needs of others with mental disabilities." The Georgia dispute had galvanized...

The future of disability harassment law in the workplace.

SAM Advanced Management Journal;  March 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......with Disabilities Act, so that disability harassment cases are viewed as a form of discrimination...circuit courts have recognized that disability harassment is a form of discrimination protected...Court has not yet recognized a disability harassment claim under Title I. In ...

Parents see unlocked doors as gateway to danger

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......2004 Ask parents of people with mental disabilities what they think about homes for...residential facility for people with mental disabilities. Fifty-one-years-old at the time...numerous homes for people with mental disabilities in Wisconsin are being instructed...

Programs to Aid Mentally Disabled Could Receive a Boost in Funding

The Washington Post;  February 21, 2008 ;     420 words ......living programs for people with mental disabilities, continuing the state's efforts...years for programs for people with mental disabilities. The money would allow 800 people...addressing issues of people with mental disabilities. "This does show how far we've come...

(book review)

Issues in Law & Medicine;  March 22, 2001 ;     237 words ......Discrimination Against People With Mental Disabilities and the Americans With Disabilities...discrimination against people with mental disabilities. Rich in descriptions of court cases...compellingly describes how people with mental disabilities experience discrimination. Stefan...

A CELEBRATION OF LABOR.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  September 2, 1996 ;     277 words ......business venture for employees with mental disabilities. At the new laundry on Washington...the Retarded that serve those with mental disabilities: The Point Restaurant, located at...Association for the Retarded those with mental disabilities can receive job training that points...