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News Reports: Lack of Beds at Group Homes Leaves Girls in Foster Care Without Care
According to multiple reports, girls needing specialized care in the foster care system in Missouri are facing a lack of beds. Missouri Girls Town, a home for girls with mental or behavioral health needs, is facing staffing and funding challenges, causing it to...
Why Children with Disabilities are Missing School
A recent NPR report details the experience of a child with disabilities in California who has missed days and days of school because her school district has been unable to provide her the dedicated, one-on-one aide she is guaranteed. Her mother says the school...
News Coverage: Midwest schools face civil rights investigations. Trump’s Education Department cuts may end them
The Trump administration’s upheaval of the Department of Education will have wide-reaching impacts on students and schools across the country, including on hundreds of possible civil rights violations at schools in the Midwest. The White House recently closed seven...
Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a groundbreaking law in the United States that provides comprehensive civil rights protection to people with disabilities. The ADA has sweeping, ground-breaking impacts, including: making it illegal to discriminate against...
Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
A WNBA star recently sued her former team and the league itself, alleging discrimination over her pregnancy. According to the federal lawsuit, the Las Vegas Aces failed to honor parts of her contract and then traded her after she revealed she was pregnant. The...
News Coverage: OTHS failed to accommodate student’s disabilities, lawsuit says
A Kennedy Hunt P.C. disability rights lawsuit is landing local news coverage. The lawsuit alleges O’Fallon Township High School discriminated against and failed to accommodate our client, a minor child with disabilities suffering from chronic lung scarring, thyroid...