Disability Law Firm

NY Disability Lawyers Serving All of New York

If you suffer from a physical or psychological disability, you are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and other similar legislation to ensure you are able to live your life to the fullest. Unfortunately, many people will seek to make the lives of disabled people harder by failing to give them reasonable accommodations, or by mistreating them due to their disability. When this happens, it is essential to get legal representation to enforce your rights.

The disability lawyers at Elovich and Adell are prepared to help you with your case, protecting you from discrimination and abuse. We handle a variety of different issues related to disability law, including but not limited to:

• Employment discrimination: One of the most common forms of disability discrimination comes from employers mistreating disabled employees. This can come from simply refusing to hire an employee with a known or suspected disability, or refusing to allow disabled employees to get promotions or raises, among other things. It can also mean firing an employee who becomes disabled while working for their employer, despite being able to carry out the job.
• Reasonable accommodations:  Another common form of disability violation is when employers or public services fail to provide reasonable accommodations, such as ramps for wheelchair-bound people or failing to provide closed captioning for the hearing impaired. This can prevent disabled people from being able to carry out jobs or participate in ordinary society.
• Lack of access to places of public accommodation: Disabled people have a right to shop in stores and make use of public facilities just like anyone else. However, that does not stop some people from trying to interfere with them, denying the disabled access to facilities that everyone else can freely use.
• Inability to access public transit: Likewise, people with disabilities have a right to access public transit, such as buses or trains. This means they must have seating or other modifications to allow people with mobility issues to sit, as well as to make it easier getting on and off these modes of transit.
• Refusal of goods or services: Sometimes, discrimination against disabled people will go so far as to deny them access to goods and services, even when it would not inconvenience the provider at all to do business with the disabled. This prevents people with disabilities from being able to enjoy the benefits of commerce that everyone else can enjoy without problem
• Retaliation: It is illegal for companies or public agencies to retaliate against people who report them for violating the ADA or other disability protections. This is true whether the person who reported it is disabled themselves or not.

Our lawyers will work with you to ensure all of your rights and interests are protected. We know how difficult it can be to manage a severe disability, even without further complications from discrimination or other issues. That is why we will handle the hard work of obtaining you the justice you deserve, so you can focus on your own needs.

For more than 50 years, the New York lawyers at Elovich and Adell have represented disabled clients in litigation. Our attorneys, conveniently located in Long Beach, are prepared to assist you with your disability discrimination and abuse case. For a consultation, please call us at 516-432-6263 or visit our contact page for more information.