Disability Rights
Despite evidence the Americans With Disabilities Act works, people with disabilities are still, too often, treated as second class, shunned and segregated by physical barriers and social stereotypes. They are discriminated against in employment, schools, and housing, robbed of their personal autonomy, sometimes even hidden away and forgotten by the larger society. Ensuring equal access for those with disabilities is a core guiding principle of the ACLU of Michigan
Service Dog Allowed to Accompany Kindergartner to School, ACLU Announces
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 12, 2010
Napoleon, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan applauded the Napoleon Community Schools decision to permit a doctor-prescribed service dog to accompany a 6-year-old student with cerebral palsy. Following months of mediation, the district agreed to allow Ehlena Fry’s service dog, Wonder, in school beginning today.
> Full Story
School Must Allow Service Dog to Accompany Kindergartner with Cerebral Palsy, ACLU Tells District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 21, 2010
Napoleon, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged the Napoleon Community Schools today to respect the rights of a 5-year-old student with cerebral palsy who was barred from bringing her doctor-prescribed service dog to school. In its letter, the ACLU warned that the district’s actions violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
> Full Story
Legal Groups Successful Terminally-Ill Woman Will Remain in Her Home
March 21, 2005 - Press Release
DETROIT – An agreement was reached today and a terminally-ill Ann Arbor woman who was being forced to move from her apartment, after the complex refused to accept her public rent assistance, will be staying in her home after all. The announcement came after a meeting between the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan and the Clinical Law Program of the University of Michigan Law School and the Cooperative apartments where she lives.
> Full StoryLegal Groups Come to the Aid of Terminally-Ill Woman Facing Eviction
****UPDATE ****
Read the Ann Arbor News editorial - Do the Right Thing
March 9, 2005 - Press Release
ANN ARBOR – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (FHC-SE) and the Clinical Law Program of the University of Michigan Law School have come to the aid of a terminally ill Ann Arbor woman who is being forced to move from her apartment after the complex rejected her only means of paying the rent – public assistance.
> Full StoryCourt of Appeals Backs Disability Rights
March 27, 2003 - Press ReleaseDETROIT – The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Mackinac Island violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by refusing to grant a resident with multiple sclerosis his request to use an electric-assisted tricycle, the ACLU of Michigan announced today. > Full Story
ACLU Sues Mackinac Island for Disability Law Violations
COURT ORDERS MACKINAC ISLAND TO LET CLIENT RIDE TRICYCLE
June 20, 2002 - Press Release
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit today against the City of Mackinac Island for refusing to grant a resident with a Multiple Sclerosis his request to use an electric-assisted tricycle.
Mackinac Island Charged With Violating Disabilities Act
June 7, 2002 - Press Release
In a letter sent today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan charged Mackinac Island officials with violating the Americans With Disabilities Act by refusing to grant a resident with multiple sclerosis his request to use an electric-assisted tricycle.
> Full Story
