Government/Laws

http://www.abanet.org/domviol/docs/SignLanguageInterpretersChartJune07.pdf

This is a nice .pdf graphic outline of state statutes requiring the provision of sign language interpreters to parties to civil proceedings. This is a good piece of information to have handy so you can know your rights to having an interpreter present and knowing who has to pay for it.

http://www.ideapartnership.org/

This website is a great resource to learn about IDEA. It has the regulations, legislation, and IDEA reports to Congress. This site also includes the history behind IDEA and the implementation regulations as well.

http://www.pbis.org/PBISandlaw.htm

This site contains quite a bit of information on the implementation of PL 94-142. It has a lot of info that could help if you were having problems dealing with the public school system. It includes sample descriptions of an IEP that could help identify things that a parent or educator should remember to include. http://www.ada.gov/ This is the website of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It provides guides to disability rights laws. It is a good resource to help answer any questions about what exactly is covered by the ADA.

http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea98/sec924.html 

This shows the 1998 Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965. Included in these amendments is the National Education of the Deaf Act. This act renamed Gallaudet College to Gallaudet University. It also established the Commission on Education of the Deaf. 

http://www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=91587

The National Association of the Deaf has great resources on the legal rights of the deaf. It also has a section on advocacy issues and how the NAD is working with other groups to create accountability and enforcement of deaf rights. 

http://www.mcld.org/

This is a handy resource if you need support for a lawyer for a deaf or hard of hearing person. It also provides support in the form of trained interpreters that are specialized in legal or medical practices. This is the only center of its kind in the midwest.

http://www.wvdhhr.org/wvcdhh/directories/07TOC/PoliLawEnf.pdf 

This is a good resource because it outlines the responsibilities that the Police and Law Enforcement have to Deaf individuals. Knowing this information could help keep the interpreter, the police, and law enforcement agencies from infringing on the rights of a deaf individual.

http://www.dhhig.org/about.asp?c=Org 

This website is for a group called Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Government. They advocate for equal treatment of D/HH employees in the federal government. It has current event articles outlining what the group is currently working on.