{"title":"The ADA Restoration Act of 2007: why is it necessary?","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"32 2","pages":"159-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27504647","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":"Competency of criminal defendants to waive assistance of counsel at trial.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"32 1","pages":"9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27395001","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":"Final regulations on school assessments: an attempt to align the NCLBA and the IDEIA.","authors":"Paolo G Annino","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) issued final regulations on education assessments under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), which went into effect on May 9, 2007. These regulations cover how students with disabilities are going to participate in state- and district-wide assessments, and are part of the DOE's effort to align the NCLBA and the IDEIA. This article reviews the new assessment regulations and evaluates whether and how they benefit children with disabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"31 6","pages":"830-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27259036","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":"A quick overview of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its implications for Americans with disabilities.","authors":"Michael Ashley Stein","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"31 5","pages":"679-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41024047","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":"Website accessibility and persons with disabilities.","authors":"Jonathan Simeone","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"31 4","pages":"507-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41004647","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":"ABA resolution and report on website accessibility.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"31 4","pages":"504-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41004645","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":"2006 employment decisions under the ADA Title I--survey update.","authors":"Amy L Allbright","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"31 3","pages":"328-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26882324","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":"Competency to be executed: Panetti v. Quarterman.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ABA has studied extensively the constitutionally minimum requirements for executing mentally ill offenders. That study has led the Association to conclude that execution of such an offender is constitutionally permissible only if the offender \"not only ... [is] 'aware' of the nature and purpose of punishment but also ... 'appreciate[s]' its personal application in the offender's own case, that is, why it is being imposed on the offender.\" Report in Support of Resolution 122A (Aug. 2006) (emphasis in original). The court below held that a death row inmate who, due to a serious mental disability, suffers from the delusion that the actual reason he is to be executed has nothing to do with his crime is nevertheless competent to be executed. To survive constitutional scrutiny, however, capital punishment must serve the purpose of retribution. The Fifth Circuit's holding breaks that link because it does not require that the offender have any understanding of why he is being put to death--that is, of the retributive purpose of his execution.</p>","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"31 2","pages":"138-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27076305","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":"\"Regarded as\" plaintiffs and ADA hostile work environment claims.","authors":"Stacy Mikulik","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"31 1","pages":"8-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27076734","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":"The right of people with disabilities to exercise their right to vote under the Help America Vote Act.","authors":"Arlene Kanter, Rebecca Russo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79447,"journal":{"name":"Mental and physical disability law reporter","volume":"30 6","pages":"852-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26578468","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}