Disability Law Primer (PDF) - ARCH Disability Law Centre

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• I. UNDERSTANDING, DEFINING, AND DESCRIBING DISABILITIES
  
  
  • A. Understanding Disability
  
  
  • B. Disability Models
    
    
    • Disabilities C. Prevalence of Disability in Canada: Most Lawyers will Represent Clients with
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • D. Appropriate Language and Terms Describing Disabilities
  
  
  • E. Understanding of “Disability” in Jurisprudence and Legislation
  
  
  
  


• II. PARTICULAR LAWS AND LEGAL CONCEPTS RELATING TO DISABILITY
  
  
  • A. The Duty to Accommodate Disability
  
  
  • B. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  
  
  • C. The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act,
  
  
  
  


• III. THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND CLIENTS WITH DISABILITIES
  
  
  • A. General
  
  
  • B. “Client Under a Disability” and Capacity to Instruct Counsel
  
  
  • C. Discrimination and Accommodation
  
  
  • CONSIDERATIONS FOR ACCOMMODATING CLIENTS IV. GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING DISABILITIES AND PRACTICAL
  
  
  • A. General
  
  
  • B. Deaf People and People with Hearing Loss
  
  
  • C. Vision Disabilities
  
  
  • D. Communication Disabilities
  
  
  • E. Disabilities that Affect Mobility
  
  
  • F. Mental Health/Psychiatric Disabilities
  
  
  • G. Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
  
  
  • H. Learning Disabilities
  
  
  
  


• V. WEB RESOURCES


• Appendix A