Disabled autonomy

KL Moore - J. Health Care L. & Pol'y, 2019 - HeinOnline
Disability law is still undertheorized.'In 2007, Ruth Colker wrote that disability law was
undertheorized because it conflated" separate" with" unequal," and because disability was …

How the biological/social divide limits disability and equality

MT McCluskey - Wash. UJl & Pol'y, 2010 - HeinOnline
What is disability? That question has been central to the struggle for substantive justice for
people with disabilities. The standard approach focuses on sorting social function from …

The gender analogy in the disability discrimination literature

P Brandwein, RK Scotch - Ohio St. LJ, 2001 - HeinOnline
This article examines how gender analogies are used by disability scholars to gain
credibility for claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act. By devoting analytic attention …

Disability Rights: Past, Present, and Future: A Roadmap for Disability Rights

M Karin, L Bollinger - UDC/DCSL L. Rev., 2020 - HeinOnline
The Americans with Disabilities Act (" ADA") 2" was and is all about civil rights." 3 Enacted in
1990, its goal was to prohibit discrimination based on disability across society, from …

The substantially impaired sex: Uncovering the gendered nature of disability discrimination

JB Shinall - Minn. L. Rev., 2016 - HeinOnline
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits labor market discrimination
against individuals who have an" impairment that substantially limits one or more major life …

Claiming disability

K Eyer - BUL Rev., 2021 - HeinOnline
We stand at the cusp of a potentially transformative moment for disability rights. For decades,
the disability rights movement has been burdened by a profound obstacle: many of its …

Looking for theory in all the right places: Feminist and communitarian elements of disability discrimination law

CA Ball - Ohio St. LJ, 2005 - HeinOnline
Discrimination law in the United States generally prohibits certain entities (primarily
employers, government agencies, and places of public accommodation) from taking certain …

Disability and equality

JE Bickenbach - JL & Equal., 2003 - HeinOnline
How can the law serve the interests of equality for persons with disability? Is the law the
best, or the only, social instrument for achieving equality; or is it of modest usefulness, or …

Disability law and gender identity discrimination

J Cox - U. Pitt. L. Rev., 2019 - HeinOnline
Transgender advocates have recently turned to disability law to obtain discrimination
protections lacking elsewhere. Championing the American Psychological Association's …

Law and disability

K Heyer - The Handbook of Law and Society, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter examines “disability” as legal category and as an innovative site of analysis for
socio‐legal research. It outlines approaches to defining disability and discrimination …