{"title":"Court rules against former student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70170","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Alley v. The University of Washington</i>, No. 87618-0-I (Wash. Ct. App. 05/11/26).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 1","pages":"13-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534188","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":"OCR finds district didn’t discriminate in complaint response","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Letter re: Mercer Area School District</i>, No. 03-26-1158 (OCR 05/19/26).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148532656","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 professor","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70174","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Hertig v. Butler</i>, No. 1:25-cv-01511 (S.D. Ind. 04/30/26).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148533600","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":"Can a blind woman study fashion?","authors":"Kritika Agrawal","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70161","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ashka Suniil Goyal, a blind fashion management student at London College of Fashion (UAL), who originally hails from India, challenges the very notion of who belongs in the world of fashion. She not only studies global luxury brands academically but also attends their live exhibitions. Whether it is Schiaparelli, Gianni Versace, or the streets of London, Goyal marks her presence wherever she wishes — all by herself. She cannot see but understands and imagines colors, patterns, and textures, as she was sighted as a child.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 1","pages":"6-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534186","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 student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70169","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Medina v. Hunter College of the City University of New York, et al</i>., No. 25 Civ. 04275 (S.D. N.Y. 05/12/26).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534187","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":"OCR has concerns with disabled student's exclusion from trip","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70166","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>CASE NAME:</b> <i>Letter re: School District of Phillips</i>, No. 05-26-1394 (OCR 05/15/26).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148532654","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":"OCR finds college service animal policies violated disability law","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70160","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights recently found that Eastern Maine Community College and the Maine Community College System violated federal disability laws through service animal policies that imposed improper documentation, approval, and removal requirements.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 1","pages":"5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534182","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":"Navigating uncertainty over emotional support animals","authors":"Michael R. Masinter","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70159","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Department of Housing and Urban Development has thrown the future of emotional support animal accommodations from no pet rules into doubt. Its recent notice rescinded its past guidance that it will no longer issue cause findings arising from denial of ESA accommodation requests. Going forward, HUD will move forward with complaints only when the animal in question is task- or work-trained to benefit a person with a disability, paralleling the service animal regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. What does this mean for campus housing?</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 1","pages":"3-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534185","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":"Study finds high rates of loneliness among working-age adults with disabilities","authors":"Eric Lyerly","doi":"10.1002/dhe.70162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.70162","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new study from researchers at Brown University highlights a major public health issue that doesn’t directly affect disability services but does ultimately affect the students these offices serve. Loneliness among working-age adults with disabilities was the central focus of the research.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148532803","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}