DART Toolkit II: Legal Issues — Tools & Resources

The following resources contain information about laws that protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in educational and employment settings.

• Access Board Standards for Federal Legislation
  News archives, rules, notices, reports

• Accessibility & Disability Information & Resources in Psychology Training & Practice
  Accessibility laws and regulations

• ADA Technical Assistance Program
  Information, guidance and training on the ADA

• American Psychological Association
  The ADA and internships: Your responsibilities as internship and postdoctoral agency directors

• American Psychological Association
  Interviewing applicants with disabilities for doctoral and postdoctoral internship positions

• Association for Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
  Professional organization for postsecondary disabled student services personnel that hosts and annual conference.

• Cornell University's Disability Law Web Pages

• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

• Federal Communications Commission Details on Section 508 Rehabilitation Act

• Job Accommodation Network
  Legal information, specific job accommodations and information links on disability and employment

• Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disabilities

• U.S. Department of Education
  Higher education's obligations under section 504 and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) 
   
  U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights

• U.S. Department of Education
  Regulations regarding nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance

• U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page

• U.S. Department of Justice Disability Rights Home Page
  A guide to disability rights laws

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  Disability discrimination  

• U.S. General Services Administration Section 508 Website

• Web Accessibility Initiative, World Wide Web Consortium
  Guidelines for making webpages accessible

Additional Readings

Crewe, N. M. (1994). Implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act for the training of psychologists. Rehabilitation Education, 8(1), 9-16.

Embry, P., Scott, S., & McGuire, J. (2004). The legal context for postsecondary students with disabilities, institutions of higher education, and faculty members. Storrs: University of Connecticut, Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability.

Katsiyannis, A., Zhang, D., Landmark, L., & Reber, A. (2009). Postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities. Legal and practice considerations. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 20(1), 35-45. doi: 10.1177/1044207308324896

Kemp, H. V., Chen, J. S., Erickson, G. N., & Friesen, N. L. (2003). ADA accommodation of therapists with disabilities in clinical training. Women & Therapy, 26, 155-168. doi: 10.1300/J015v26n01_10.

Simon, J. A. (2001). Legal issues in serving postsecondary students with disabilities. Topics in Language Disorders, 21(2), 1-16.