Before getting started on the blog of the week, some housekeeping matters. First, my blog was late this week. My daughter came home from camp on Monday, and so my time is different than it usually is. Second, starting tomorrow, my family will be in Chicago visiting both sides of the family. So,
My daughter is on break this week, and next week is going to be a little hectic. So, I had a moment to do a blog entry that is quite personal to me, but I think it’s very important for everyone. As everyone knows, I am deaf and function entirely in the hearing world with
Baseball season is about to get up and running. Good luck on your team for this year. In my case: the Chicago Cubs are expected to be good; the Chicago White Sox not so good; and the Atlanta Braves, anybody’s guess. Also, hope everyone is having fun if not success with the NCAA tournament. Currently,
As readers of this blog know, I don’t usually blog more than once a week. However, I had a moment and a real cool idea already in the can so to speak, so here goes.
At least once a month, I get a call from someone around the country talking about how the court system
Today’s blog entry comes from the 11th Circuit. It involves severely autistic individuals suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts over their system of accommodating individuals, particularly when it comes to the severely autistic. The case is A.L. v. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US, Inc., which can be found here. The decision
In law school, there is a saying that a student goes in with common sense and comes out with common law. However, there is still room for common sense in the law. Today’s blog entry is actually a two-for-one: service dogs with respect to title II and title III, and essential eligibility
I know I said that I would not be blogging until after the new year started. However, my wife and daughter are hanging out with lunch and a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond. Since we are Jewish, one could ask why we would be making a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond two days
I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving.
Before getting started on our blog of the week, I first want to pass on some great news about the blog. Thanks to our very generous readers, my blog made the ABA 100 once again. It is the fourth year in a row for us. I simply could
A few weeks back, I attended a chat seminar put on by the Society for Human Resources Management on reasonable accommodations and the ADA. What happens in that kind of seminar is that people write in their questions online and then knowledge advisors respond. The knowledge advisors are very
Things have been crazy around here lately. The latest thing I am dealing with apparent incompatibility between Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Microsoft Office 365. It makes things incredibly crazy (I can’t dictate in Word for long without having to click the dragon mike on and off and other office 365 products, such as outlook and excel,