ERISA Litigator Establishes Roberts Incapacity Legislation to Focus Solely on Incapacity and Life…
Michelle L. Roberts, founder of Roberts Disability Law
Michelle's professional theme is "Fight for the Outsider".…
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Incapacity rights advocate opposes increasing help in dying
In February 2021, the Senators voted to amend and expand Canada's euthanasia law. If Bill C-7 passes, it will extend access to euthanasia to excruciatingly suffering people who are not near the natural end of their lives. Disability…
A dialog with Jewish disability rights advocate Judy Heumann – The Ahead
In 1970 Judith "Judy" Heumann became the first woman in a wheelchair to teach a public school in New York City. Seven years later, she led a 28-day sit-in that led to the signing of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - the first…
Florida invoice would prohibit disability abortions – State of Reform
Mansur Shaheen | February 26, 2021
Identical bills filed in Florida would prohibit the practice of "disability abortion". If the bills go through, a doctor who performs or…
Incapacity Rights advocates file federal grievance over governor’s vaccine plan
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) - A day after Governor Ned Lamont introduced the age-related vaccine to the White House, he received a formal challenge from supporters of disability rights.Disability Rights Connecticut filed a…
Britney Spears Conservatorship Attracts Consideration to Incapacity Rights
By now, most of us have seen the harrowing documentary by Framing Britney Spears.
Britney's Conservatory may have served a real purpose at some point.
Nowadays it seems like nothing more than a leash…
Incapacity Rights Group Calls Foul On Connecticut Age-Primarily based Vaccine Distribution
A Connecticut disability rights group says newly announced changes to the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan are unfair and violate federal law. Governor Ned Lamont said this week that residents will be eligible for the vaccine primarily…
Incapacity Rights CT recordsdata federal grievance over age-based vaccine rollout
In the first formal challenge to Governor Ned Lamont's age-based vaccine distribution plan, Disability Rights Connecticut filed a complaint with the U.S. Civil Rights Office against the state and the governor for…
Justice system’s failure to think about disability can result in years of jail and…
The trap of fines and a rigid court system that ignores disability can lead to years of imprisonment and homelessness, according to research.Justen Thomas, a 43-year-old Aboriginal man from NSW, has heard of the Royal Commission on the…
Arduous to interrupt jail cycle: disability probe
The trap of fines and a rigid court system that ignores disability can lead to years of imprisonment and homelessness, according to research.Justen Thomas, a 43-year-old Aboriginal man from NSW, has heard of the Royal Commission on the…