DART Toolkit II: Legal Issues — Tools and 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 Legislationopens in new window
  News archives, rules, notices, reports

• Accessibility and Disability Information and Resources in Psychology Training and Practiceopens in new window
  Accessibility laws and regulations

• ADA Technical Assistance Programopens in new window
  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)opens in new window
  Professional organization for postsecondary disabled student services personnel that hosts and annual conference.

• Cornell University's Disability Law Web Pagesopens in new window

• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)opens in new window

• Federal Communications Commission Details on Section 508 Rehabilitation Actopens in new window

• Job Accommodation Networkopens in new window
  Legal information, specific job accommodations and information links on disability and employment

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

• U.S. Department of Educationopens in new window
  Higher education's obligations under section 504 and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rightsopens in new window

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

• U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Pageopens in new window

• U.S. Department of Justice Disability Rights Home Pageopens in new window
  A guide to disability rights laws

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionopens in new window
  Disability discrimination  

• U.S. General Services Administration Section 508 Websiteopens in new window

• Web Accessibility Initiative, World Wide Web Consortiumopens in new window
  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., and 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., and 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., and Friesen, N. L. (2003). ADA accommodation of therapists with disabilities in clinical training. Women and 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.