ADA Claim: NYS Inmate with Cerebral Palsy Wins Claim to Motored Wheelchair
Author: Fred Cohen .
Source: Volume 18, Number 05, January/February 2017 , pp.73-74(2)
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Abstract:
This case goes to the heart of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and its application within the not always hospitable walls of a prison system. When prison personnel seize an inmate\'s motorized wheelchair replacing it with a manual wheelchair and a cane the inmate testifies that he was then unable to access programs, services, and activities that other inmates routinely access.Keywords: Wright v. NYS DOCCS , 831 F.3d 64 (2nd Cir. 2016)
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