Civil Rights
Search through information across the website on the civil rights of people with autism and other developmental disabilities. This includes federal and state laws and more.
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events
- Autism NOW Webinar: Disability-based Discrimination in Organ Transplantation
- Autism NOW Webinar: Voting and Youth!
- Autism NOW Webinar: The Use of Medical Procedures that Violate Civil Rights
- Autism NOW Webinar: We’ve Got the Power!
- Autism NOW Webinar: It’s 2014! Are There Still Institutions Open in Your State?
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resources
- Toolkit: Office for Victims of Crime: Promising Practices for Serving Crime Victims with Disabilities
- Webpage: National Center on Criminal Justice & Disability: Perske’s List
- Webpage: U.S. Department of Labor: Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
- Website: The Arc’s National Center on Criminal Justice & Disability
- Webpage: The Autism Society of Maine: Facts for Prosecutors
- Report: Bureau of Justice Statistics: Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2012 – Statistical Tables
