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Library and Research

News Publications and Media: Legislation and the Law


National

Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter offers news on disability legislation and concerns from the American Bar Association (ABA). This is a great reporter if you wish to keep up-to-date on disability legislation.

Council for Disability Rights National News provides news on-line that offers various information that affects the lives of people with disabilities, including health care, legislation, employment and more.

Disability Rights Online News, a publication of the Department of Justice, is a bi-monthly update about the Civil Rights Division's activities in the area of disability rights. The Division enforces laws prohibiting discrimination based on disability in employment, housing, access to businesses serving the public, access to government programs and services including voting and public transportation, and unconstitutional conditions in institutions of confinement.

New Sign National Coalition for Disability Rights offers an ADA Watch Newswire and Action Alerts e-mail list This newsletter is delivered via e-mail. To subscribe click on the link provided. The newsletter provides news from across the country about ADA issues, legislation and legislators. For more information contact the National Coalition for Disability Rights at 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 300 Washington, District of Columbia 20004.

National Council on Disability (NCD) provides information updates on legislation concerning disability issues. NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting Americans with disabilities. The NCD Bulletin is a monthly publication of the NCD. Free of charge, available in alternative formats and on the Internet. Great site!

State Listings

Illinois

Council for Disability Rights Illinois News, like Council for Disability Rights National News, provides news on-line that offers various information that affects the lives of people with disability, including health care, legislation, employment and more.

Wisconsin

Milwaukee County Executive Office for Persons with Disabilities publishes the monthly newsletter Handi News & Notes, which is free to Milwaukee County residents. This publication offers advertisements, public safety and public interest information for people with disabilities in Milwaukee County. To be placed on the mailing list, call the Milwaukee County Executive Office for Persons with Disabilities at (414) 278-3932 or write to: 901 N. 9th Street, Room 307-B, Milwaukee, WI 53233.

New Sign Wisconsin Legislative Notifications Website is offered by the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau for citizens of Wisconsin where one can receive daily or weekly e-mails when certain specified legislative activity such as bills being introduced, specific committee activity or discussions of particular topics. Sign up on this site to receive your e-mails to follow legislative activity in the Wisconsin Legislature.

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