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CLASI Disabilities Law Program Requests Comment on Proposed FY25 Priorities
CLASI’s Disabilities Law Program (“DLP”), which is Delaware’s designated Protection & Advocacy agency for individuals with physical and mental disabilities, requests pubic comment on its proposed priorities for Fiscal Year 2025. The priorities can be found at this link: https://www.declasi.org/disabilities-law-program/ The DLP hopes that you will take a moment to review the draft priorities and…
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Early Voting and Permanent Absentee Status Available to Delaware Voters After Supreme Court Ruling
On June 28, 2024, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the lower court opinion in Mennella v. Albence, thereby allowing the Department of Elections to include options for Early Voting and Permanent Absentee Status in all primary, general, and special elections in 2024. Early Voting offers greater convenience and flexibility for all voters and is particularly…
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CLASI Files Federal Lawsuit Alleging Delaware Violates Rights of Incarcerated Special Education Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2024 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Margaretta Kroeger, CLASI Communications Director / mkroeger@declasi.org Federal Lawsuit Alleges Delaware Illegally Denies Education to Incarcerated Students with Disabilities CLASI and TPM Seek Injunction Requiring State to Address Systemic Failures WILMINGTON, DE—Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (“CLASI”) and public interest law firm Terris, Pravlik…
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CLASI and The Arc of Delaware File Amicus Brief Supporting Early Voting and Absentee Voting Laws
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2024 CONTACT: Margaretta Kroeger, CLASI Communications Director, mkroeger@declasi.org CLASI and The Arc of Delaware File Amicus Brief Supporting Early Voting and Absentee Voting Laws Disability Rights Organizations Urge Delaware Supreme Court to Reverse Lower Court Ruling That Disproportionately Burdens Voters with Disabilities WILMINGTON, DE — Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.…
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CLASI’s Marissa Band Invited to White House for “Communities in Action” Event
Above, left to right: Beth Mineo (University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies), Jody Hougentogler (Freedom Center for Independent Living), Kristin Harvey (Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council), and Marissa Band (CLASI Disabilities Law Program) attending the “Communities in Action: Building a Better America” event at the White House on April 11, 2024. On April 11, 2024,…
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Attorney Laura Waterland Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Laura Waterland (left), former CLASI Disabilities Law Program Project Director, at the 2024 LIFE Conference with current Disabilities Law Program Project Director Marissa Band Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (“CLASI”) is proud to announce that attorney Laura Waterland is the recipient of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the State Council for Persons with Disabilities…
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Marissa Band Named New Disabilities Law Program Project Director
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) is pleased to announce that Marissa L. Band, Esq., M.P.A.P., will be the new Project Director of our Disabilities Law Program (DLP) starting June 1, 2023. The DLP is Delaware’s designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency for people with disabilities, providing free advocacy services to children and adults…
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CLASI Disabilities Law Program Report Finds Widespread Accessibility Violations at Delaware Polling Places
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2023 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Laura Waterland, Esq. Project Director, CLASI Disabilities Law Program 302-476-8509 / lwaterland@declasi.org New Report from CLASI Disabilities Law Program Finds Widespread ADA Accessibility Violations at Delaware’s Polling Places WILMINGTON, DE—Ahead of Delaware’s upcoming School Board Elections on May 9, the Disabilities Law Program (“DLP”) of Community…
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