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Access to Courts for Persons Who are Deaf & Hard of Hearing Feb 2017
Child Welfare Cases Involving Parents With Disabilities Sep 2013
Snippets of Information for the Equitable Treatment of Persons with Disabilities Apr 2012
A New Frontier: The Legal System, Accessibility, & the World Wide Web Oct 2010
Conflicts Involving Counsel & Adult Clients With Cognitive Disabilities Jun 2009: Part 2 of 2
'But You Look So Good!' and 7 Other Things NOT to Say to a Person With a Non-Visible Disability Nov 2007
Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc. Provides Advocacy to People with Disabilities Jul 2007
Connecting to Community Resources Jul 2006
Accommodating the Deaf or Hard of Hearing Client in the Law Office Setting Oct 2011
Self Identification Notice Under the ADA Mar 2010
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury Jul 2008
Meeting the Legal Needs of Deaf Individuals Jan 2008
Determining Proper Accommodations for Deaf Law Students in Mar 2007
Accommodating a Person with a Visual Disability in the Legal Process Dec 2006
Accommodating Persons with Non-Obvious Limitations in Mobility Oct 2006
Lay Advocates as an Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities Jul 2005
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Nov 2004
Problem-Solving Courts: Lessons Learned & Implications for People with Mental Health Care Needs released Oct 2014
A Simple Form that Enhances Equal Access to the Courts Mar 2011
Demystifying the Administrative Law—Medicaid Fair Hearings Process Jul 2010
Preventing Push-Out of Children with Disabilities from School Apr 2008
Representing the Cognitively Disabled Client in a Criminal Case Mar 2006
Autism & the Courts Dec 2005
Wheelchair Access to Michigan Courts Sep 2005
Low Cost Ways Courthouses can be More Accessible to Persons With Disabilities Mar 2005
Using the Best Interests Test to Protect the Cognitively Impaired at the End of Life Dec 2012
Guardianship—The Impact on Parents with Special Needs Dec 2009
Conflicts in Guardianship of Adults Jun 2009: Part 1 of 2
Planning Alternatives to Guardianship Feb 2009
Violence Against Vulnerable Adults Oct 2008
Michigan Dep't of Community Health Statewide Mental Health Court Outcome Evaluation Report Feb 2014
Disabled Veterans: Serving Those Who Served Sep 2009