Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities
McCollum & Associates (Deaf Law) After the events of this Fall with Hurricane Katrina, the federal government is gearing up to ensure that the infrastructure does not forget about people with disabilities in times of natural disasters. A report can be found on the Department... [...]
Fri, Jan 20 2006

Reasonable (?) Accommodations
McCollum & Associates (Deaf Law) From the e-magazine DeafWeekly comes the following request from a deaf defendant in Fort Wayne, Indiana -- a cochlear implant at the state's expense in order to follow the proceedings in his murder trial! The article states:... [...]
Fri, Jan 20 2006

NAD Sues Morgan Stanley
McCollum & Associates (Deaf Law) NAD and Outten & Golden have filed suit against Morgan Stanley on behalf of a deaf account holder who tried to place a trade through a relay system. Donald Brunner tried to place a stock trade through the TTY and... [...]
Mon, Sep 26 2005

Surveying the Deaf Response to Katrina
McCollum & Associates (Deaf Law) When Hurricane Katrina hit, my thoughts immediately went to the thousands of deaf residents of Louisiana, Mississippi and the surrounding environs. I knew that the deaf community and most likely the interpreting community would mobilize immediately, but I also knew... [...]
Mon, Sep 19 2005