By Krysten Bortolotti, J.D. 2016, University of Windsor Faculty of Law The Moore v British Columbia decision in 2012 was seen as a huge victory when the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously found that all school districts must take a proactive approach to budgeting and programming to ensure the rights of students with disabilities and their accommodation are taken into
Read moreBy Alicia Maiuri, J.D. 2015, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law While the protection of the public safety is a legitimate and often cited reason to enact or amend legislation, concern should also be had to the potential adverse impacts that touting a public safety agenda to support the introduction of a CTO regime could have on persons with severe
Read moreBy Keith Hiatt, PhD Candidate, Berkeley Law On Thursday, January 22, 2015, at approximately 6:30 PM, a seventeen-year-old woman walked into a police station in Longview, Texas. By 7:00 PM, she was dead, shot multiple times by police officers. The young woman had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. We don’t know why she walked into the police station, or why
Read moreSymposium: Exploring Law, Disability and the Challenge of Equality in Canada and the United States Click here to Watch Symposium Video Click here to Read Symposium Papers Berkeley Law, December 5, 2014 Summary by Chandima Karunanayaka (JD/MSW Candidate 2016) & Stephanie Skinner (MSW/JD Candidate 2015) Disability Legal Studies Fellows 2014-2015, Windsor Law, Canada Introduction The much-anticipated conference, Exploring Law, Disability
Read moreBy Laverne Jacobs (Associate Professor, Windsor Law) and Chandima Karunanayaka (JD/MSW Candidate ’16) Mr. Stott was a passenger with a mobility limitation. He was a permanent wheelchair user and paralyzed from the shoulders down. In 2008, he and his wife booked a return flight through Thomas Cook Tour Operators. Due to his physical condition, Mr. Stott requested at the time
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