Vol. 139 No. 1 Federal Statutes and Regulation The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) “provide[s] a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination...
Vol. 138 No. 7 Prisons and jails are “total institutions.” Incarcerated people, to a large extent, depend on correctional agencies for their basic welfare and have limited power to resist harmful conditions and practices
June 2024 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) decision in Olmstead v. L.C. holding that...
Vol. 138 No. 1 Americans with disabilities rely heavily on private enforcement to ensure their access to public accommodations. Recent decisions in various circuit courts have brought into...
Response to Bending Gender: Disability Justice, Abolitionist Queer Theory, and ADA Claims for Gender Dysphoria
In Bending Gender: Disability Justice, Abolitionist Queer Theory, and ADA Claims for Gender Dysphoria, D Dangaran argues that pursuing coverage for Gender Dysphoria in...
Vol. 137 No. 6 Abstract The trans rights movement is engaged in an internal debate over whether trans people diagnosed with gender dysphoria should bring claims under the...
Vol. 137 No. 2 Although she was the only woman working at the Rent-A-Center, Natasha Jackson was optimistic about her career as an account executive in South Carolina....
Vol. 137 No. 1 Religious practice and disability are two of the only three statuses for which federal law protects the right to workplace accommodations. For both, the...
Judy Heumann, a preeminent and internationally acclaimed activist, died on March 4, 2023, at age 75. Widely regarded as the “mother of the disability rights movement,” Judy, a visionary and tireless activist, committed her life to advancing the rights of people with disabilities in the United States and abroad. As a disabled woman and disability scholar, I have been profoundly impacted by Judy, both personally and professionally. More, she was a friend and mentor whom I was privileged to know
So what would Judy have us to do to honor her iconic legacy? The short answer is that we must continue to march forth and keep fighting until every law, policy, program, organization, and activity not only acknowledges but meaningfully includes disability at every level and in every area of life. For Judy, meaningful inclusion meant much, much more than inserting “persons with disabilities” in a long list of marginalized groups. And by every level, Judy meant every level, from the highest decision-makers to the individuals with whom persons with disabilities interface every day. And every area of life meant not stopping at ensuring that every school is accessible and every teacher trained, but also that persons with disabilities are centered in existential issues, such as climate action. Like the best kind of mindful aunt, she would expect more of all of us.
