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Protecting disabled adults at work and school
See news footage about a federal lawsuit filed by TEK on behalf of a woman with developmental disabilities who was raped at a developmental training program after her parents reported concerns about her attacker to the program’s administrator. Contact Us!
Village of Alorton pays East St. Louis woman $110,000 for overnight stay in inaccessible jail
The Village of Alorton has settled with a partially paralyzed woman after holding her overnight, confining her to an inaccessible jail cell, and forcing her to move up and down the stairs to the basement police station below City Hall and the detention cells. The...
Lawsuit seeks to prevent needless institutionalization of dialysis patients
Hands holding each other over a table New technology, such as ipads and other tablets, are helping individuals of all ages live more independently and reach their academic and vocational goals. These devices may be available through schools or other state and...
Missouri considering new rules for hearing special education due process hearings
The Missouri House is considering a bill (SB 595) introduced in the Senate that would change the qualifications for hearing officers in special education due process hearings. http://www.senate.mo.gov/12info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=9266 Contact Us!
Edwardsville District 7 to cut expenses by moving students out of private placements
The Belleville-News Democrat reported recently that District 7 has decided that “students with autism and emotional disabilities will return to District 7 classrooms next year.” This decision appears to disregard individual students’ needs and overrule IEP team...
Paralyzed Woman Sues Village of Alorton and Former Police Chief Michael Baxton
The Kennedy Hunt, P.C. filed ADA, Section 504, and Constitutional claims against the City of Alorton and former Police Chief Michael Baxton, Sr. on January 12 2012. The plaintiff is a woman paralyzed almost entirely from the waist down as a result of spinal cord...