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Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates is filing a class action against Stanford University on behalf of at least three students, all of whom, says the DRA, faced discrimination due to mental health issues.
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The Daily Californian
A Berkeley-based disability rights advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Stanford University on Friday, alleging discrimination against students with mental health issues.
The Palo Alto Daily Post
A campus mental health group has filed a class-action lawsuit against Stanford, alleging that the school discriminates against mentally ill students by forcing them out of their classes and dorms when they show signs of self-harm or suicidal ideation.
The Stanford Daily
Three individuals and a student-run mental health coalition are suing Stanford for “punitive, illegal, and discriminatory” responses to mental health disabilities, a district court complaint filed Thursday reveals.
Palo Alto Weekly
In a class-action lawsuit filed Thursday, a group of Stanford University students allege that the university has repeatedly violated state and federal anti-discrimination laws in its response to students with mental health disabilities, including those who have been hospitalized for suicide attempts.
The Mercury News
Stanford University students who attempt or consider suicide have been banned from campus, ousted from university housing, and ordered to pay hundreds of dollars for getting kicked out, according to a new lawsuit filed by three students and a mental health group.
Courthouse News
(CN) –Like many American universities, Stanford is struggling to support its growing student population dealing with issues like depression, substance abuse and mental health disabilities.
Stanford University Systematically Violates the Rights of Students with Mental Health Disabilities
by Matthias Book via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Berkeley, CA (May 17, 2018)– Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a national nonprofit legal center, filed a class action lawsuit against Stanford University today for violating the rights of students with mental health disabilities. Stanford routinely responds to student mental health crises by barring students from campus and … Continue reading “Stanford University Systematically Violates the Rights of Students with Mental Health Disabilities”
Class Certified in Elevator Access Case against MTA; Summary Judgment Motion Pending
For Immediate Release: April 27, 2018 New York, NY—A federal judge has ordered that a class be certified in a case brought by Disability Rights Advocates charging that the MTA violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it failed to install elevators during a 26.6 million dollar renovation of the Middletown Road subway station in the … Continue reading “Class Certified in Elevator Access Case against MTA; Summary Judgment Motion Pending”
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DRA’s Michelle Caiola featured in an article about MTA’s transit president’s subway ride-along with advocates.