The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on July 6 that there is reasonable cause to believe the state of South Carolina violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by unnecessarily segregating adults with mental illness in adult care homes. The DOJ conducted an extensive investigation in response to a complaint lodged on Jan. 12, 2022….

The City of Portland, Oregon, will be required to clear its sidewalks of sprawling homeless camps under terms of a lawsuit tentatively settled this week. Filed in September, the federal class action lawsuit alleged that the city violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by allowing tent camps and debris…

“It wasn’t just changing names and pronouns,” says parental rights activist and mental health professional January Littlejohn. “They asked her which restroom she preferred to use. They asked her which sex she preferred to room with on overnight field trips.” Then, she said, school personnel asked her 13-year-old daughter how they should refer to her…

The San Diego Community College District terminated three employees—a professor, a counselor, and a lab technician—Jan. 19 for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, even though they had exemptions based on religious beliefs. According to district officials, employees can be exempt from job-related requirements due to a disability or religious belief as they don’t impose…

Commentary In a split decision on Tuesday, Aug. 16, a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that “gender dysphoria” is a protected class under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The court ruled that a male identifying as a female, named Williams, who was imprisoned in Fairfax County, Virginia should be housed with the female…