Legal Research

Disability Harassment

By mdell

"Building on the insights of both disability studies and civil rights scholars, Mark C. Weber frames his examination of disability harassment on the premise that disabled people are members of a minority group that must negotiate an artificial environment of physical and attitudinal barriers.  The book considers courts' approaches to the problem of disability harassment, particularly the application of an analogy to race and sex harassment and the development of legal remedies and policy reforms under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

While litigation under the ADA has addressed discrimination in public accomodations, employment, and education, Weber points out that the law has done little to combat disability harassment.  He recommends that arguments based on unused portions of the ADA should be developed and new legal remedies advanced to address the problem.  Disability Harassment also draws on legal sources to explore special problems of harassment in the public schools, and closes with an appeal to judges and lawmakers for expanded legal protection against harassment." Excerpt taken from front book jacket.

Mark C. Weber's new book on disability rights is available at KF 480 .W43 in the FSU Law Library.

Posted by Marin Dell

Full post as published by FSU College of Law Library Blog on May 02, 2007 (boomark / email).