Policy Paper
The goal of this assignment is to facilitate thought regarding how a case relates to main areas studied throughout the course (such as employment, education, housing, transportation, architectural barriers). This assignment is about a policy and is not intended to be an overview of a case.
Cases used for You Be the Judge assignments are the basis for the policy paper. Turner looked at reasonable accommodations and how that was considered for employment. Powell looked at reasonable accommodations in the context of higher education. Emory looked at how disability is defined and what it meant to be “substantial” for employment. Martin looked at accommodations in private settings. The Policy Review Paper will address how decisions or prevailing legal arguments related to these cases impact future laws and policies.
Choose one of the cases we have examined during the semester (Turner, Powell, Emory, or Martin) to use for the Policy Review Paper. Write a three-five page paper – single-spaced in which the following are discussed:
relevant laws and policy related to either employment, public accommodations, or postsecondary education
how the case chosen (Turner, Powell, Emory, or Martin) impacts this policy (e.g. possible changes, benefits, costs, unintended consequences, and/or any impact on the rights of persons with disabilities).
Because the Turner, Powell, Emory, and Martin cases look at different parts of accommodations, what is reasonable, or how we define disability, they can also be used to inform other areas (e.g. transportation; housing; etc.). How can the same reasoning used in these cases be applied to cases in other areas? How does this affect different areas of focus even if they do not directly relate to those areas?