BBI Chairman and University Professor, Dr. Peter Blanck, will be an honored guest at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Blanck will give two presentations on topics related to people with disabilities during his time at the University. The first, entitled “Self-Determination and Legal Capacity: Developments in the USA on Supported-Decision Making,” will discuss law, policy and research developments on the use of supported-decision making in the United States. This lecture will occur on Thursday, March 30th from 17:00 – 18:30 BST. Continue Reading
BBI Chairman Peter Blanck to Give Public Lectures at University of Leeds UK on People with Disabilities
eQuality: The Right to the Web, in Routledge Handbook of Disability Law and Human Rights
This chapter and the book it is based upon, eQuality: The Struggle for Web Accessibility
by Persons with Cognitive Disabilities (2014, Cambridge University Press), was spurred several
years ago by Dr. David Braddock, Executive Director of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive
Disabilities. Dr. Braddock asked me to examine the right under the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) to web access for people with cognitive and other disabilities.
Routledge Handbook of Disability Law and Human Rights
This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law.
Bringing together a team of respected and experienced experts, the handbook offers a range of jurisdictional and multidisciplinary perspectives. The authors consider historical and contemporary, as well as comparative perspectives of disability law. Divided into three parts, the contributors provide a comprehensive reference to the theoretical underpinnings, ongoing debates and emerging fields within the subject. The study provides a strong basis for consideration of contemporary disability law, its research foundations, and progressive developments in the area. The book incorporates interdisciplinary and comparative country perspectives to capture the breadth of current discourse on disability law.
Study on “Challenges and good practices in the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.”
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ABLE Accounts: A Down Payment on Freedom
Michael Morris, Christopher Rodriguez, Peter Blanck
Morris, M. Rodriguez, C., & Blanck, P. (2016). ABLE Accounts: A Down Payment on Freedom. Inclusion, Vol. 4, No. 1, 21–29
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Abstract: Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE) was signed into law by President Obama on December 19, 2014. ABLE represents transformative policy change that will open new pathways to advance independence and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with significant disabilities. ABLE accounts are exempt as a resource from means-tested eligibility requirements for public benefits such as Social Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid. This article explains the critical elements of ABLE implementation and describes the impact of ABLE on future disability policy and program development.