Americans with Disabilities Act Archives | Grady H. Williams, Jr. LL.M, Attorneys at Law

Category archives: Americans with Disabilities Act

Uber, Lyft Sued Over Wheelchair Access
2 years ago
In theory, the rapid growth of Uber, Lyft and other on-demand ride-sharing services should make cities more accessible to people with disabilities, especially considering the tendency of municipal governments to underfund paratransit systems. However, these ride-share companies, even more than t... [read more]

Will the Government Start Monitoring the Social Media of Disability Applicants?
2 years ago
A proposal tucked into the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) 2020 budget, released March 18, is raising fears that people applying for government disability benefits will soon have their posts on Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks scrutinized. Since at least 2014, the SSA’... [read more]

Walmart Greets Greeters With Job Change That Could Ax Many With Disabilities
2 years ago
How much responsibility do employers have to reasonably accommodate people with disabilities when it changes the employees’ underlying job description? That question is central to the latest employment controversy surrounding America’s largest retailer, Walmart. For years, a ubiquitous fea... [read more]

Bipartisan Bill Gives Explicit Right to Care in the Community Rather than an Institution
2 years ago
People with disabilities would have an explicit legal right to receive services in the community rather than in an institution under new legislation backed by a bipartisan group of senators and representatives. The legislation, introduced January 15, would if passed represent the most comprehensive ... [read more]

2018 Midterms Raise Accessibility Concerns
2 years ago
As the midterm elections approach, disability rights advocates are concerned about whether all eligible voters with disabilities will, in fact, have the opportunity to exercise their right to vote. About 35 million eligible voters in the U.S. have a disability – close to one in six. Although ... [read more]

On Life Support for Two Years, Program That Moves People Out of Institutions Is Closer to Reauthorization
2 years ago
After expiring two years ago, a program that helps people with disabilities transition out of institutions and into the community appears to be headed for renewed funding and even improvement. The Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care (EMPOWER) Ca... [read more]

Senate Bill Would Set Up Federal Office of Disability Policy
2 years ago
Each year, hundreds of bills and regulations are proposed with little if any analysis of how they will affect the lives of people with disabilities. If signed into law, a new Senate bill, titled the Office of Disability Policy Act of 2018, would change this. Introduced July 24, the legislation wo... [read more]

Government’s Duty to Accommodate People with Disabilities in Natural Disasters
3 years ago
Hurricanes, floods and wildfires have ravaged large swaths of the U.S. this year. Every major natural disaster disproportionately harms society’s most vulnerable populations, particularly people with disabilities. Hurricane Katrina, for example, left hundreds of thousands with disabilities stran... [read more]