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   A Guide to Disability Rights Laws (Separate Website)
This guide provides an overview of Federal Civil Rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities.
  
   
   ADA: Disability Discrimmination in Employment

By: North Mississippi Rural Legal Services
 
    Other Formats:   Separate Website
  
   
   Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (Separate Website)

By: MS Workers' Center for Human Rights
  
   
   Discussion of disability benefits This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page. (Separate Website)
This document discusses disability benefits.
  
   
   Equal Employment Opportunity - Disability (Separate Website)
This article explains age discrimination laws which prohibit discrimination on the basis of age in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
  
   
   Frequently Asked Questions About the ADA (Separate Website)
This document answers questions about discrimination and accessibility issues in programs, activities, and services of public entities.
By: U.S. Department of Justice
  
   
   Mississippi Service Animal Laws (Separate Website)
Mississippi Statutes regarding service animals for citizens with disabilities.
By: www.animallaw.info
  
   
   Special Needs Education (Separate Website)
Discusses federal righrs under IDEA
By: Lawyers.com
  
   
   Workplace Accommodation (Separate Website)
Unless the costs would constitute an undue hardship, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires certain employers to make reasonable accommodations in the workplace for employees with disabilities. Find out what factors are considered.
  
   
   Your Employment Rights as an Individual with a Disability (Separate Website)
This site discusses your employment rights as an individual with a disability.
  
   
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