PUBLICATIONS

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

CIVIL RIGHTS & the ADA

• Genetic Testing and the Rush to Perfection (PDF) (2019) – Co-authored with the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund as part of the National Council on Disability’s “Bioethics and Disability” series
• Organ Transplant Discrimination Against People with Disabilities (PDF) (2019) – Co-authored with the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network as part of the National Council on Disability’s “Bioethics and Disability” series
• Still Waiting…the Unfulfilled Promise of Olmstead (PDF) (2009)
• VOTE. It’s Your Right (PDF) – A Guide to the Voting Rights of People with Mental Disabilities (Updated 2020)
• Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights (PDF) (Updated 2017)
  • Campus Mental Health: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (2017)
• Aging in Place (PDF) – What Older Adults and Their Families Want (2017)

MENTAL HEALTH & HEALTH CARE

• Making the Connection: Meeting Requirements to Enroll People with Mental Illnesses in Healthcare Coverage (PDF) (2014)
• Will Health Reform Help Me? (PDF) (Updated: 2011)
• How Will Health Reform Help People with Mental Illnesses? (PDF) (2010)
• Practice Guidelines (PDF) – Core Elements in Responding to Mental Health Crisis (2009)
• In the Driver’s Seat (PDF) – An Advocate’s Guide to Self-Directed Mental Health Care (2008)

HOUSING

• What “Fair Housing” Means for People with Disabilities (PDF) (Updated: 2018)
• When Opportunity Knocks (PDF) – How the Affordable Care Act Can Help States Develop Supported Housing for People with Mental Illnesses
• A Place of My Own (PDF) – How the ADA is Creating Integrated Housing Opportunities for People with Mental Illnesses (2014)
• Emotional Support Animal Fact Sheet (PDF) (Updated: June 2017)
  • Emotional Support Animal Sample Letter (PDF)

EMPLOYMENT

• Advances for Employment Policy for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (PDF) (2018)
• Getting to Work (PDF) – Promoting Employment of People with Mental Illness
  • Fact Sheet #1 (PDF)
  • Fact Sheet #2 (PDF)
  • Fact Sheet #3 (PDF)
• Policy Opportunities for Promoting Employment for People with Psychiatric Disabilities (PDF)

MEDICAID

• A Toolkit to Help Direct Care Workers Serving People with Disabilities Understand New Medicaid Work Requirements – A co-branded toolkit from the Bazelon Center and and the National Center for Housing and Health, powered by CSH (2026).

• Recommendations for Mitigating Harms to People with Disabilities, Older Adults, and Caregivers from Medicaid Work Requirements (PDF) – A co-branded brief from Justice in Aging, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and the National Health Law Program (2025).

• Preserving Medicaid Coverage for People with Disabilities (PDF) – What Federal Disability Rights Laws Require of States (2025)
• Avoiding Cruel Choices (PDF) – A Guide for Policymakers and Family Organizations to Medicaid’s Role in Preventing Custody Relinquishment (Updated: 2010)
• Recovery in the Community (PDF) (Vol. 1) – Funding Health Rehabilitative Approaches under Medicaid (Updated: 2010)
  • Vol. 2
• Following the Rules (PDF) – A Report on Federal Rules and State Actions to Cover Community Mental Health Services Under Medicaid (Updated: 2010)
• Making Sense of Medicaid for Children with Serious Emotional Disorders (PDF) (Updated: 2010)

EDUCATION & CHILDREN

• Staying Together – Preventing Custody Relinquishment for Children’s Access to Mental Health Services (Updated: 2010)
• Way to Go – School Successes for Children with Mental Health Care Needs (2006)
  • Fact Sheet #1 – Why States and Communities Should Implement School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Integrated with Mental Health
  • Fact Sheet #2 – Positive Behavior Support: What It Is and Why It Works
  • Fact Sheet #3 – Effective Mental Health Services Integrated in Schools: What Works
  • Fact Sheet #4 – Families: A Critical Role in PBS Integrated with Mental Health
  • Fact Sheet #5 – Making Strides at the State Level: Policies for Implementation of School-Wide PBS Integrated with Mental Health
    • Checklist for Advocates
  • Fact Sheet #6 – Making Strides at the Local Level: Policies for Implementation of School-Wide PBS Integrated with Mental Health
    • Checklist for Advocates
• Promise for the Future – How Federal Programs Can Improve Career Outcomes for Youth & Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions (2013)
  • Fact Sheets

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• Replacing School Police with Services that Work – Better Ways to Improve School Safety and Reduce Discipline Disparities (2021)
• Diversion to What? Evidence-Based Mental Health Services that Prevent Needless Incarceration (2017)
• Social Security and Health Care Benefits for the Incarcerated (2017)
• Lifelines – Linking to Federal Benefits for People Exiting Corrections (2009)
• Finding the Key to Successful Transition from Jail or Prison to the Community (Updated: 2009)
• Creating New Options – Training for Corrections Administrators and Staff on Access to Federal Benefits for People with Mental Illnesses Leaving Jail or Prison (2008)
  • Powerpoint

COMMUNITY INTEGRATION

• Aging in Place (PDF) – What Older Adults and Their Families Want (2017)