Ability Law Blog
Author: Randy Chapman, Esq.
Randy Chapman has been the director of legal services at Disability Law Colorado since 1980. He played a pivotal role in the development of disability law and helped break ground in implementing special education law.
He has authored multiple publications about special education law, and overseen legal representation to more than 25,000 people with disabilities in Colorado.
Inaccurate and Outdated Training Information Results in 504...
Jun 28 2010
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found that a training manual used by an educational service agency to train school district staff regarding 504 contained numerous erroneous statements of the... White House Launches 20th Anniversary Celebration of ADA
Jun 9 2010
This July 26th 2010 will mark the 20th Anniversary of President George H. W. Bush signing the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. Last Sunday night, Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to ... DOJ Issues ADA Guidance for Access to Medical Care for...
May 18 2010
The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has issued a 22 page booklet providing guidance for access to medical care for persons with mobility disabilities. Shortening School Day for Students Using Accessible Bus,...
Apr 3 2010
In an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) decision, Sierra Vista (AZ) Unified School District, 54 IDELR 35 (OCR, July 10, 2009) OCR found a violation of 504 when students who used an accessible school... House Passes HR 4247 Keeping All Students Safe Act
Mar 12 2010
Last week the House of Representatives voted 262 to 153 to pass HR 4247 the Keeping All Students Safe Act. This legislation was introduced last December as the Preventing Harmful Restraint and... Born to be a Demon
Mar 2 2010
As a contrast to my most recent post Band Director’s Unilateral Decision Denying Student with a Disability Full Participation in Marching Band Violates 504, please see the Denver Channel 9 News... Band Director's Unilateral Decision Denying Student...
Feb 25 2010
An Arizona high school student with Down syndrome had an IEP calling for "integration with regular peers as much as possible" and participation in Marching Band. Thus, the student played the... Obama Administration Issues Rules Requiring Parity in...
Jan 29 2010
Three Departments, Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury, jointly issued new rules for consumers enrolled in group health plans who need treatment for mental health or substance... Preventing Harmful Restraint in Schools Act Introduced in...
Dec 17 2009
Last Wednesday December 9th, U.S. Representatives George Miller (D. California) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R. Washington) introduced H.R. 9th Circuit Rules Teacher Complaining to OCR of Student...
Nov 18 2009
In Susan Barker v Riverside County Office of Education, (9th Cir., 10/23/09) the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a teacher, despite not having a disability herself, can sue under... 