The ADA Compliant End of Life Quality Assurance Sphere Strikes Back!

Supreme Court throws open the doors to compensatory damages claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act

“Regulators…we regulate any stealing of this property. And we are damn good too.”

Rarely do I find myself pumping my fist in the air and silently mouthing “Yes, Justice Gorsuch, Yes!!!”

Today is a rare exception.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is crucial legislation for people with disabilities. As a child and adult psychiatrist, it is bedrock jurisprudence for my ability to advocate for my patients.

The act is the result of decades of advocacy…

The history of the ADA did not begin on July 26, 1990 at the signing ceremony at the White House. It did not begin in 1988 when the first ADA was introduced in Congress.

The ADA story began a long time ago in cities and towns throughout the United States when people with disabilities began to challenge societal barriers … and when parents of children with disabilities began to fight against the exclusion and segregation of their children. It began with the establishment of local groups to advocate for the rights of people with d…