FW: Items of Interest from the Washington Disability Lawyers Digest

Fri Feb 16 17:38:02 PST 2001

James Levy --

Is there an organization in CALIFORNIA which does the sorts of things that 
yours does in Washington?  I am glad enough to be on your lists,  but I do 
live in ... well, L.A.   L MGregor

>From: "James Levy" <jrlevy at u.washington.edu>
>Reply-To: wash-at at u.washington.edu
>To: "Statewide forum on assistive-technology issues" 
><wash-at at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: FW: Items of Interest from the Washington Disability Lawyers 
>Digest
>Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 10:17:06 -0800
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>I thought people on this list might be interested in some of this week's
>posting of the Washington Disability Lawyers Digest.  I will edit out those
>items that have already been mentioned on this list.
>
>Jim Levy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: WA_LAWYERS-owner at u.washington.edu
>[mailto:WA_LAWYERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of James Levy
>Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 11:40 AM
>To: Disability law forum for Washington State lawyers
>Subject: Washington Disability Lawyers Digest - 2/13/2001
>
>In this edition of the Washington Disability Lawyer's Digest:
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>1.      Federal Reports on the discipline of students under the IDEA.
>2.      Medicare now covering Augmentative and Alternative Communication
>(AAC) Devices as DME.
>3.      4th Annual Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
>Conference
>4.      Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel teleconference
>meeting on Feb. 15th.
>5.      U.S. Dept. of Transportation issues Interim Final Rules on
>Accessibility of Over-The-Road Buses (OTBs).
>6.      GAO Report finds that Social Security reform may reduce benefits 
>for
>people with disabilities.
>
>James R. Levy, J.D.
>Research Associate
>Center for Technology and Disability Studies
>University of Washington
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>1.      The Office of Special Education Programs has issued a report
>directed
>towards school administrators on the disciplining of students with
>disabilities.  The recommendations in this report are based on current
>research, the 1997 amendments to the IDEA, and the 1999 IDEA regulations.
>To download or look at it, see:
>http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/adminbeh.web.pdf
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>         In addition the federal GAO has issued a report on actual 
>practices
>of discipline based on surveys of principals nationwide.  "STUDENT
>DISCIPLINE:
>Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" can be downloaded at
>http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?rptno=gao-01-210
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>2.      As of January 1, 2001, Medicare will begin covering Augmentative 
>and
>Alternative Communication (AAC) Devices as Durable Medical Equipment (DME).
>AAC devices (now called speech generating devices) may be covered if "the
>contractor's medical staff determines that the patient suffers from a 
>severe
>speech impairment and that the medical condition warrants the use of a
>device...."  For more information on the policy decision see HCFA's web 
>site
>on AAC coverage: http://www.hcfa.gov/coverage/8b3-s.htm
>
>Also, attached at the end of this digest is a good summary and commentary 
>on
>Medicare AAC coverage from Lewis Golinker of the Assistive Technology Law
>Center.
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>3.      The 4th Annual Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
>(COPAA)Conference will be held March 8-11 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal 
>City,
>Arlington, VA. For information about the conference, speakers, and to
>register, please go to: http://www.copaa.net
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>4.      On February 15, 2001, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Pacific), the
>Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel of the Social Security
>Administration (SSA) is holding a public meeting by teleconference to
>collect ideas and reactions from all interested parties on the proposed
>regulations the Social Security Administration issued on December 28, 2000.
>These regulations spell out the program rules and the SSA implementation
>plans for the new Ticket to Work program in TWWIIA.  To participate in the
>teleconference, please dial the following toll-free number and enter the
>pass code:
>
>1-800-779-3141
>Pass code 12211
>
>You can download a copy of the proposed regulations at:
>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&doci
>d=00-32924-filed
>Questions to consider from the TWIIA Advisory Panel are attached below
>(TWIIA Public Questions.Doc).
>For important commentary on the proposed regulations visit the ARC of the 
>US
>website: http://www.thearc.org/ga/ticket_comments.htm
>
>They ask that your oral comments be limited to five minutes, but written
>comments can be accepted at any time.
>For more information on this event, please contact Conwal, the meeting
>coordinator at (703) 448 - 2300 ask for Robin at extension 338 or
>robint at conwal.com, or Rona at extension 326.
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>5.      On February 6, the U.S. Department of Transportation published the
>Interim Final Rule on Information Collection for companies using
>over-the-road buses (OTRB)'s. The rule includes the requirement that OTRB
>companies receiving requests for accessible service from passengers with
>disabilities must provide documentation of the request to the passenger. 
>The
>information is to be transmitted after the request is made, by the next
>business day.  This rule, along with a discussion of the comments DOT
>received, can be found at:
>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&doci
>d=01-2853-filed
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>6.      A new study by the GAO has concluded that current Social Security
>reform proposals would result in a reduction of benefits to people with
>disabilities by as much as 18%.  For the NYT story, see:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/07/national/07BENE.html?printpage=yes.
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>For a copy of the report itself, see the GAO's web site:
>http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0135.pdf
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