Rights of People with Disabilities:

	
	      RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

			     Revised Summer 1990

			The Committee on Legal Issues
		      Affecting People with Disabilities
				       
			     Mark H. Leeds, Chair
				    Editor
				       
	  Margery E. Ames                      Hon. Edward R. Korman
	  Mark Barnes                          Neall. Korval
	  David J. H. Billington               John McChord
	  Yvette Bravo-Weber                   Steven Mendelsohn
	  Teresa Curtin                        Ellen M. Saideman
	  Anne M. Davis                        Stephen L. Solomon
	  Evan A. Davis                        Jane G. Stevens
	  Robert Scott Ellis                   Peter Van Nuys
	  Hon. Jeffrey H. Gallet               Terri Weiss
	  Linda G. Howard                      James Weisman
	  Roberta G. Koenigsberg               Ann L. Wilson
				       

Most Committee members have participated in the review of the material
contained in this volume. However, the special contributions of some should be
noted. Ellen M. Saideman is substantially responsible for the chapter on
Education; Roberta G. Koenigsberg contributed most of the material concerning
Pre-School Education. Neal 1. Korval contributed significantly to the chapter
on Employment, as did his associate, Jonathan A. Wexler. Ann L. Wilson is sub-
stantially responsible for the material on Attorney's Fees. James Weisman and
his associate, Kleo J. King, contributed material in the area of Public
Accommodations. Overall editorial assistance was rendered by Janet Eriv (the
Editor's Assistant Counsel at the New York City Mayor's Office for People with
Disabilities), by Ellen M. Saideman, and by David J. H. Billington.

							Mark H. Leeds
							Chair and Editor

				       
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