Tag: disability
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Federal judge finds ‘just enough evidence’ to green-light deaf woman’s trial against Adams County sheriff
A federal judge last month agreed a jury should decide whether the Adams County sheriff violated a deaf detainee’s rights by failing to secure an American Sign Language interpreter during her 12-hour stay in the jail. Cynthia Mullen filed suit under the Rehabilitation Act, a precursor to the Americans with Disabilities Act that protects people from…
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Appeals court warns against questioning service animals’ status based on ‘suspicions’
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday warned that public entities may not ask a disabled person to provide more information about their service animal than what federal regulations allow, regardless of whether they harbor “legitimate suspicions” about the animal’s status. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals determined it was a “close call” whether Dustin…
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Federal judge allows ‘supermax’ prisoner’s limited religious freedom claims to proceed
A federal judge last week permitted a Muslim man serving a life sentence in Colorado’s “supermax” prison for terrorism-related offenses to pursue a limited number of religious freedom claims against the government. Mostafa Kamel Mostafa, also known as Abu Hamza, arrived at the U.S. Penitentiary – Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence in 2015. A British citizen, Mostafa was…
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LIFE | Brewability
Tiffany Fixter founded Brewability, a brewery in Englewood, as an inclusive brewery & pizzeria that employs adults with disabilities. More than two dozen here are navigating work and life with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and visual and hearing impairments, to name a few conditions represented behind the bar and in the kitchen. (Video by…