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The article focuses on the apology issued by American Multi-Cinema Theaters to civil-rights leader William J. Barber II after being escorted from a North Carolina theater for attempting to use a chair to manage a medical condition, discrimination, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The article focuses on the Supreme Court's dismissal of a dispute over a disabled woman, Deborah Laufer, suing hotels for violating disability laws by not providing accessibility information on their websites, as the woman systematically searched for non-compliant hotels.

The article reports on lawsuits against New York City art galleries over the accessibility of websites to blind people. Topics discussed include the view that the suits are either salvos for civil rights or a way for lawyers to scrape the internet for a quick paycheck, background of the two New York lawyers who are suing the galleries, Joseph NH. Mizrahi and Jeffrey M. Gottlieb, and the statement by courts that the Americans With Disabilities Act applies to websites.

The article focuses on the number of shelters provided to people with disabilities in Brooklyn, New York. Topics discussed include letter sent by public advocate Letitia James to the Justice Department asking for an investigation for the widespread violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act, discrimination against homeless people for their disabilities, and the view of commissioner Steven Banks against the city's welfare agency.

The article offers information on the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act in the U.S.

The article reports that a blind man, Emanuel Delacruz has filed a case against Hofstra University on Long Island, New York as he was not able to access the university's website which comes under violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed against the New York City for violation of federal laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, regarding the rights of parents with intellectual disabilities and bias behavior from child welfare agencies.

The author discusses how Republican Party embraces freedom of capacity and freedom as detachment when it functioned as governing party and mentions how former U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1990.

The article reports that according to a report by a workers' advocacy group Walmart routinely refuses to accept doctors' notes, and penalizes workers who need to take care of a sick family member and notes allegations of violation of Americans with Disabilities Act as of June 2017.

The article reports on the court-approved agreement known as a consent decree that would free people with developmental and intellectual disabilities in Rhode Island from obtaining better jobs. It states that the agreement was announced by the U.S. Justice Department on April 8, 2014. It outlines some of the elements that need to be revised to resolve violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act including support for nonwork activities and redirecting public funds.

The article reports on an investigation by the office of Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, which reveals that more than 80 percent of public elementary schools in New York City, New York are in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The article focuses on a federal investigation which reveals public elementary school in New York City are not accessible for children with disabilities in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act along with views of Harry Hartfield, a spokesman for the U.S. Education Department, on it.

The author discusses the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act (A.D.A), wherein it gave access and dignity to people with disabilities in the U.S.

The author outlines the flaws of environmental-friendly medical center in providing quality services to older people including lack of arm support in chairs and failure to provide accessibility medical center information in accordance to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Dole Appears, but G.O.P. Rejects a Disabilities Treaty" in the December 5, 2012 issue.

A small cadre of lawyers, some from out of state, are using New York City's age and architectural quirkiness as the foundation for a flood of lawsuits citing violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The lawyers are generally not acting on existing complaints from people with disabilities. Instead, they identify local businesses, like bagel shops and delis, that are not in compliance with the law, and then aggressively recruit plaintiffs from advocacy groups for people with disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The United States attorney's office in Manhattan has opened an investigation into whether the lack of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs in New York City amounts to a violation of parts of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The investigation, revealed on Monday in letters mailed to city lawyers and owners of taxi medallions, could result in the federal government's bringing a civil case against the Taxi and Limousine Commission, which regulates which vehicles can be used as taxicabs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

INDIANAPOLIS -- It's a case of King Solomon meets the Americans With Disabilities Act. In her first week at a new job, Emily Kysel suffered an allergy attack so severe that she had to go home early one day. A co-worker was eating buffalo wings at her desk, and the wings contained paprika, to which Ms. Kysel, 24, has a rare and potentially fatal allergy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Sears Roebuck & Company had agreed to a $6.2 million settlement in a case under the Americans with Disabilities Act. A federal court judge approved a consent decree in the case, in which Sears was accused of firing employees instead of providing reasonable accommodations for them. In a statement, the commission said the settlement was the largest ever among the disability-related cases it had handled. Agency lawyers said they had found more than 100 cases of Sears employees who sought to return to work with an accommodation and were fired. A spokeswoman for Sears, Kimberly Freely, said that although the company ''continues to believe that it reasonably accommodates'' employees on leave because of work-related injuries or illnesses, it settled the case because the legal proceedings could have taken another five years and ''considerable expense'' to resolve. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Bush administration is about to propose far-reaching new rules that would give people with disabilities greater access to tens of thousands of courtrooms, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums, theaters, hotels and retail stores. The proposal would substantially update and rewrite federal standards for enforcement of the Americans With Disabilities Act, a landmark civil rights law passed with strong bipartisan support in 1990. The new rules would set more stringent requirements in many areas and address some issues for the first time, in an effort to meet the needs of an aging population and growing numbers of disabled war veterans. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information on the increasing number of rehabilitation centers (rehabs) in Malibu, California. It states that the local community of Malibu is not happy with increasing rehabs in the city. It mentions that Malibu has 26 licensed rehabs, including Passages Malibu and Promises Treatment Center. The U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the California law, states that rehabs with six-beds or less must be treated as single-family homes.

The article presents information on the Americans With Disabilities Act with reference to business travelers with disabilities in the U.S. The act prohibits employers from discriminating against people with disabilities. The travel industry is improving its services for the customer with disabilities. Wheelchairs and crutches are offered to the disabled business travelers to navigate airports.

Presents several articles pertaining to the rulings of the United States (US) Supreme Court regarding different cases. Agreement of the Supreme Court to clarify the law on leniency for refugees who seek to remain in the US despite having committed crimes in their home countries; Relationship between the Americans With Disabilities Act and receipt of Social Security disability benefits; Reporters' access; Drug testing.