{"title":"Students create prize-winning app to keep everyone safer on campus","authors":"Halley Sutton","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31847","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Four students from the University of Nevada, Reno, for their senior project in computer science class, created an app designed specifically to help women feel safer on campus. Kathleen Scafidi, Anna Desorcy, Michael Munakash, and Kurtis Bertauche were all computer science majors when they created the app Ur Next Route.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 4","pages":"8-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142443494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Court rules against former student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Reiss v. Texas A&M University, et al.</i>, No. 23-20462 (5th Cir. 08/14/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 4","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142443388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EEOC publishes helpful tools for workers with I/DD","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31843","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently published a list of helpful tools to assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in the workplace.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 4","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142443469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New study explores developmental milestones for children with Down syndrome","authors":"Eric Lyerly Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31848","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new study published in the journal <i>Pediatrics</i> explored how to assess when children with Down syndrome should walk, talk, and meet other developmental milestones.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 4","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142443505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accessibility","authors":"Eric Lyerly Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31849","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>An overview of the key topics faced by disability services providers with citations to noteworthy cases, statutes, regulations, and additional sources.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 4","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142443493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New appeals court case finds Title II does not allow for emotional distress damages","authors":"Marc Charmatz Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31844","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In <i>Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller P.L.L.C</i>, 142 S. Ct. 1562 (2022), the United States Supreme Court held that emotional distress damages are not available under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794), a statute enacted pursuant to the spending clause of the United States Constitution. The Court left open the question of whether emotional distress damages are available under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12135-65).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 4","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142443470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules against former employee","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31858","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Gregg v. Northeastern University, et al</i>., No. 21-11495 (D. Mass. 08/01/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 4","pages":"14-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142443389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules in favor of former medical resident","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Ezeribe v. Larkin Community Hospital, et al</i>., No. 23-22612-CV (S.D. Fla. 07/30/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 4","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142443390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}