Comments on 2014 Proposed Justice Department ADAAA Regulations
On March 31, 2014, the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) and Everyone Reading submitted joint comments in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
View ArticleResounding Victory for All Law School Applicants with Disabilities:...
May 20, 2014 Today’s settlement in The Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Law School Admission Council, Inc. case is a resounding victory for all individuals with disabilities who seek a...
View ArticleVictory for Individuals with Print Disabilities: Court Decision in Authors...
On June 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held in Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust that the libraries that are members of the HathiTrust Digital Library can “create a...
View ArticleSt. Louis Woman Fights for More Time on Law School Test
A lawsuit pitting a St. Louis woman against the national organization that handles law school admission tests boils down to 54 minutes. That’s the amount of extra time the recent graduate of the...
View Article[WNYC] Millions Have Dyslexia, Few Understand It
Part 1 of the WNYC series “Unlocking Dyslexia.” “It’s frustrating that you can’t read the simplest word in the world.” Thomas Lester grabs a book and opens to a random page. He points to a word:...
View Article[NPR] How Science Is Rewiring The Dyslexic Brain
Part 2 of the WNYC series “Unlocking Dyslexia.” Our ancient ancestors were able to speak long before they were able to read or write. That history is etched in our brains. The human brain naturally...
View Article[NPR] Raising A Child With Dyslexia: 3 Things Parents Can Do
Part 3 of the series: “Unlocking Dyslexia.” A mother, who spent years coaching and encouraging her dyslexic son, recalls his childhood with one pervasive feeling: “It was really scary.” One father told...
View Article[NPR] Dyslexia: The Learning Disability That Must Not Be Named
Part 4 of the series: “Unlocking Dyslexia.” Megan Lordos, a middle school teacher, says she was not allowed to use the word “dyslexia.” She’s not alone. Parents and teachers across the country have...
View ArticlePIX 11: Here’s how the college admission scandal impacted students with...
The people who may suffer most from the college admissions scandal won’t be the ones who were caught cheating. This scandal – and the lasting damage and distrust this kind of cheating creates – may...
View ArticleBrooklyn US Judge Rules NY Law Examiners Must Obey Federal Law for Persons...
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ruled that the state’s board of law examiners is subject to a federal law banning discrimination on the basis of...
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