Eight mildly handicapped young adults were taught to discriminate whether or not possible violations of legal rights occurred in socially validated scenarios and, if so, to role-play a behavioral sequence to redress rights violations. With one exception, participants demonstrated generalization to four community role-play settings. (JW)

Litigation over the rights of handicapped students and employees continued at a significant level during 1989. Recovery of attorneys' fees was the most frequently litigated handicapped issue. Cases are summarized under the following topics: (1) entitlement to services; (2) procedural safeguards, including change in placement, administrative…

Litigation of handicapped students' and employees' rights continued at a significant level in 1988. Requests for attorneys' fees under the Handicapped Children's Protection Act was the focus of the greatest number of cases. As in 1987, two major issues were raised in these cases: the availability of fees for administrative hearings and the…

Litigation of handicapped students' and employees' rights showed a significant increase in 1987. The increase can be attributed primarily to the filing of a substantial number of cases to obtain attorneys' fees following the enactment of the Handicapped Children's Protective Act in 1986. Two major issues were raised in these cases: the…

Recent employment law reforms in England precipitated a telephone survey of a stratified random sample of 5,120 employed people (1,000 respondents) that was intended to find their levels of awareness and knowledge of employment rights and their exercise of those rights. Survey results included the following: (1) nearly 70% of those questioned…