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dLCV in the News

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• U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Transgender People Are Protected Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (August 16, 2022)
• ‘Critical incidents’ to be investigated at state-operated mental health facilities (August 10, 2022)
• Virginians with disabilities want to work — they just need a job (July 29, 2022)
• STEPVA director receives ‘Excellence in Advocacy’ award (July 16, 2022)
• Virginia health department employees who sought telework say Greene requested medical records (June 27, 2022)
• State workers fear loss of disability protection under Youngkin telework policy (June 17, 2022)
• disAbility Law Center of Virginia gala honors longtime advocates (June 17, 2022)
• Youngkin’s violent crime task force doomed to fail at solving the problem (June 13, 2022)
• About the Midsummer Night’s Gala (May 31, 2022)
• Judge rules in favor of immunocompromised students, but masking still optional in Virginia (March 25, 2022)
• Federal judge sides with 12 disabled kids seeking masks in schools (March 24, 2022)
• Services for Students with Disabilities removes barriers within the Virginia Tech community (February 25, 2022)
• The Dangerous Conditions That Shut Down State Mental Hospitals Last Summer Still Haven’t Gone Away (February 16, 2022)
• Manassas mom, 11 other Va. families file federal lawsuit challenging Youngkin’s mask order (February 2, 2022)
• Virginia governor’s mask order prompts dueling lawsuits (February 1, 2022)
• Parents of students with disabilities file lawsuit challenging Virginia Gov. Youngkin’s mask mandate ban (February 1, 2022)
• Parents of students with disabilities sue Youngkin over mask-optional order (February 1, 2022)
• One Virginia lawsuit challenges Youngkin’s mask order, another sides with it (February 1, 2022)

2021

• Human Potential at Work: Protecting the Rights of People with Disabilities (November 15, 2021)
• Visually impaired Virginia voters can now vote electronically, privately (October 15, 2021)
• $33 million awarded to 26 Virginia-based organizations to assist victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (October 9, 2021)
• EDVA Announces Over $33 Million in Justice Department Grants to Assist Victims of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence (October 8, 2021)
• The Floodgates are open: Mayor proposes City Council public commentary more accessible than ever (June 25, 2021)
• Opinion/Editorial: Mental health deaths require study (June 20, 2021)
• Report: Va. mental hospitals reported uptick in deaths during pandemic (June 11, 2021)
• Deaths rose in Virginia’s mental hospitals last year, but COVID-19 wasn’t the prime culprit (June 10, 2021)
• Involuntary commitment bills aim to reform Virginia’s behavioral health processes (June 8, 2021)
• Sheppard Mullin Helps Safe Win For Voters With Disabilities (May 17, 2021)
• Laid-off Army veteran must pay back four months of unemployment benefits after VEC mistake (May 14, 2021)
• Legal groups call on Staunton Council to rethink public input options (May 4, 2021)
• ACLU warns Staunton mayor Oakes of potential 1st Amendment, Disabilities Act violations (May 4, 2021)
• Senator Kaine and Mayor Oakes weigh in on ACLU’s federal violation concerns for Staunton (May 1, 2021)
• Virginia Agrees to Provide Accessible Absentee Voting Option for Voters with Print Disabilities (April 20, 2021)
• Lawmakers amend Virginia Human Rights Act; kill workplace harassment bills (March 4, 2021)
• More rights for Va. disabled and domestic workers (March 5, 2021)
• Democrats push to preserve pandemic voting access measures (January 30, 2021)

2020

• Following Lawsuit, Virginia Will Allow Residents With Vision Impairments To Receive Mail-In Ballots Electronically (September 1, 2020)
• Blind people are suing over their voting options. In Virginia, their action brought results (September 1, 2020)
• Virginia Agrees to Provide Accessible Absentee Voting Option for Voters with Print Disabilities (September 31, 2020)
• Advocates for Blind Sue States for Mail-In Ballot Discrimination (July 31, 2020)
• Spanberger conducts two-day civil rights tour, advocates for dignity of 7th District residents (February 26, 2020)
• U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger convenes two-day tour focused on Civil Rights (February 18, 2020)

Director’s Blog

The Director’s blog is a way of alerting you to news and developments in disability law.

• What Does It Mean To Move To Community Living?  (September 28, 2019)
• They Need a Voice.  (January 25, 2019)
• The Cost of Education.  (December 26, 2018)
• Voting in Virginia.  (November 20, 2018)