Court Affirms Reimbursement for Special Education(The New York Times - 06/22/2009 Tamar Lewin) ...the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that parents of special-education students may seek government reimbursement for private school tuition, even if they have never received special-education services in public school...
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All-Night Care for Dementia’s Restless Minds: (The New York Times - 06/12/2009 Cara Buckley and James Estrin) Learn about Hebrew Home’s ElderServe at Night, a dusk-to-dawn drop-off program intended to strengthen their decaying minds of Dementia & Alzheimer’s patients while sating their thirst to be active after dark....
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Where One Man’s Trash Is Preschoolers’ Art Material: (St. Croix Source - 05/21/2009 Winnie Hu) This is the Materials Center at Beginnings Nursery School, where things that outlive their original use come to be cleaned, sorted and repurposed for children’s art projects and life lessons about second acts...
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Supreme Court to Address Meeting the Needs of Special-Education Students: (NY Times- 05/30/2009 Tamar Lewin) the United States Supreme Court will soon decide when public schools must reimburse parents of special-education students for private-school tuition...
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Disabled woman 'damaged' by store: (BBC) The mother of a disabled woman suing clothing firm Abercrombie & Fitch over discrimination claims said her daughter had suffered "devastating damage"...
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2008 Post Election Report
The legal staff of the Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands (DRCVI) had been retained by the Virgin Islands Election System to monitor voting activity at various polling locations on Election Day-November 4, 2008. The purpose of these site visits was to ascertain compliance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.
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DRCVI 2008 Annual Report
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US Virgin Islands 2008 Mental Health Report: Prepared by the Disability Rights Center of the VI, we are working toward an effective mental health system ....
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