University of Virginia Curry School of Education

Internet Legal Resources
about Special Education and Disabilities

Selected Government Sources

• Searchable U. S. Code of current public laws enacted by Congress
• Links to information about the 1997 amendments to IDEA.
• The U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library: Handicapped individuals and the law, which is probably the most extensive resource available, and it's not limited to U.S. law.
• U.S. Department of Justice and its source for ADA information
• Federal Office of Compliance
• President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
• U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
• ADAAG & figures
• Links to Australian legislation about disabilities
• The US Federal Communications Commissions' rules on Video Programming Accessibility
• ...and will the internet have "laws?" Check out W3C Disabilities Developments.

Selected Legal Firms and Publishers

• The Web site for the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (or COPAA), an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to improving the legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities. COPPA hosts an annual conference
• Pete and Pam Wright's special education advocate
• EDLAW by Jim Rosenfeld.
• David Ferleger's disability law resources: Hand-selected and annotated, these materials cover a variety of topics including children and education. Also see Mr. Ferleger's blog about developments in disability case law.
• Levy & Davis
• Herbert Monheit's practice in special education and social security disability
• LRP Publications
• Positive Workforce for America's Americans with Disabilities Newsletter
• Ted Sussan and Staci Greenwald's New-Jersey-based special-ed-law.com
• Sherman & Ziegler's firm in San Fransisco maintains a site about autism.

Additional Resources

• ose's very own set of links about IDEA (1997 and earlier)
• The American Bar Association's Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
• Mitch Yell's pages on law and special education for the University of South Carolina
• Cornell University's extensive resources on U. S. diability law.
• The University of Michigan page on ADA
• Sarah Redfield's annual Education Law Institute associated with the Franklin Pierce Law Center
• The N. Neal Pike Institute on Law and Disability at Boston University
• Indie, The Integrated Network of Disability Information and Education's Advocacy Resource Centre for the Handicapped, a fine resource, especially for people in Canada
• The Arc's Access To Justice Resource List
• Rene Thomas Folse's legal pages that are part of her child psychology site.
• George Wolf's ADA Information Center
• The Law Forum's pages, particularly including its sections on special education and disabilities
• The World Institute on Disabilities gopher server
• University of Northern Iowa's page about legal asepcts of inclusive education
• Disability Advocacy Clinic, which specializes in social security and disability.
• Thompson Publishing Group's guide to compliance with ADA
• U.C. Davis' disABILITY Times (1995)
• Steve Billing's ADA and Disability related URLs, with a slant toward architecture
• St John's University sundry (gopher) resources
• Communications Workers of America Local 6143's pages on The Americans With Disabilities Act
• Galaxy's directory
• Perspectives on the 1997 decision about disabled student services at Boston University

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