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Getting Help for Your Brain Injury

Feb 23, 2022 | Brain Injury Advocacy

Did you know that approximately 10,000 Mainers sustain an acquired or traumatic brain injury every year?[1] Acquired brain injuries include events like strokes, brain tumors or prolonged loss of consciousness. Traumatic brain injuries, on the other hand, result from...

Now is the time to end the discriminatory use of abbreviated school days in Maine

Jan 25, 2022 | Children's & Education Rights

Maine students with disabilities are routinely subjected to abbreviated school days due to disability-related behaviors. While federal law requires that schools provide supportive services when a student’s disability-related behaviors interfere with their learning or...

Voting Access a Work in Progress for People with Disabilities

Sep 21, 2021 | Voting

Disability rights activist Justin Dart once said, “vote as if your life depends on it because it does.” Americans have been fighting for their right to vote since the founding of this country. From the elimination of literacy tests and poll taxes, to the passage of...

MDOE confirms that students with disabilities outside of their school districts retain all of their rights under the IDEA, including stay put protections

Aug 31, 2021 | Announcements

MDOE confirms that students with disabilities outside of their school districts retain all of their rights under the IDEA, including stay put protections On November 24, 2021, the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) issued Administrative Letter # 28 clarifying the...

“I Don’t Wanna Be So D**n Protected”

Jul 23, 2021 | Alternatives to Guardianship & Supported Decision-Making, Success Stories

Mikala Bolmer, DRM Intern, Student at University of Maine School of Law Britney Spears’ high-profile, protracted, legal battle contesting her conservatorship (known as guardianship in Maine) sheds light on the role of conservatorship/guardianship as an excessive limit...

The Law Court’s Decision in A.S. v. LincolnHealth and Its Impact on Maine’s “Blue Paper” Law (34-B M.R.S.A. § 3863)

Jun 4, 2021 | Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes, Success Stories

In January of this year Maine’s highest state court, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, also known as the “Law Court”, issued a decision called A.S. v. LincolnHealth.[1] This decision had a substantial impact on the process used to hold someone in a general hospital’s...