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Disability History and Awareness Weeks
The first two weeks of October are Disability History and Awareness Weeks!
Section 1003.4205, Florida Statutes, entitled
Disability History and Awareness Instruction, was signed into law in 2008. It requires school districts to designate the first two weeks of October as Disability History and Awareness Weeks and also promotes providing instruction for students in all public schools to expand student knowledge, understanding, and awareness of individuals with disabilities, disability history, and the disability rights movement.
Disability History and Awareness News
Justice Department Settles with Flint, Michigan, to Make Voting Accessible to People with Disabilities
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department announced a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the city of Flint, Mich., to make all the city's polling places more accessible for individuals with mobility impairments. The case was commenced based on a complaint from the Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, and was investigated jointly by the Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan.
More information about this settlement and the ADA is available at the Justice Department's toll-free ADA Information line at (800) 514-0301 or (800) 514-0383 (TTY) and on the ADA website at www.ada.gov or contact the U.S. Attorney's civil rights hotline at 313-226-9151.
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