Mental Health Courts and Title II of the ADA: Accessibility to State Court Systems for Individuals With Mental Disabilities and the Need for Diversion
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Individuals with disabilities face a wide spectrum of unique challenges in our society.In fact, people with disabilities face special problems in exercising some of their most fundamental rights-rights that many in American society take for granted.Access to the judicial system, a fundamental right that has paramount importance in our society, can often present obstacles to people with disabilities in a variety of significant ways.Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("Title II") mandates that state and local judicial facilities, and the provision of government programs and services, when viewed in their entirety should be accessible to * Ronda Cress attended law school after acquiring undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Sociology at Otterbein College, and her M.A. in Sociology from the Ohio State University.
Source: eYLS (Yale Law School)
Authors: Cress, Ronda, Grindstaff, J. Neil, Malloy, S. Elizabeth
Institutions: Saint Louis University, University of Cincinnati
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7039481103