Welcome to the Blog of the Disability Law Committee of the Florida Bar

Thank you for visiting our Blog. The Disability Law Committee is a Committee of the Public Interest Law Section of the Florida Bar.

The Committee focuses on a wide range of issues affecting people with disabilities, including, but not limited to the following:

- Discrimination on the basis of disability in employment;

- Discrimination on the basis of disability in housing;

- Discrimination on the basis of disability by businesses;

- Discrimination on the basis of disability by state and local governments;

- Violations of the Air Carrier Access Act;

- Guardianship;

- Civil rights of children with disabilities;

- The criminal justice system and people with disabilities;

- IDEA - civil rights of children in school;

- Service animals and people with disabilities;

- Emotional support animals and condominiums;

- Transition of nursing home residents into the community;

- Money Follows the Person;

- Transportation issues experienced by persons with disabilities;

- Sign language interpreter issues;

- Architectural barrier issues;

- Medicaid Reform in Florida and its effect on people with disabilities;

- Implementation of Olmstead;

- Emergency evacuation and sheltering and people with disabilities.

Please tell us of other issues and concerns on which you believe attorneys should be focusing.

Members of the Florida Bar who are members of the Public Interest Law Section are eligible to join the Committee. If you are interested in joining, please contact Co-Chairs Marc Dubin (mdubin@pobox.com) or Paolo Annino (pannino@law.fsu.edu).