A Conversation with Paul Grossman

Speakers

Paul Grossman
Paul Grossman
Chief Regional Attorney, retired, US Dept. of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), San Francisco, CA
Barry Whaley
Barry Whaley
Project Director – Southeast ADA Center

Description

For over 30 years, Paul Grossman served as the Chief Regional Attorney for the US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in San Francisco. During his years spent in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, Paul has worked on every type of education discrimination matter under Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, and the ADA, including securing equal access and academic accommodations for students with disabilities in higher education. For nearly 20 years, Paul also had lead responsibility for internal disability law training for OCR and continues to provide training services for OCR. In this episode, Paul talks about disability law and its development, the disability rights movement and the 504 occupation of the San Francisco Federal Building at the United Nations Plaza, and he closes with his thoughts on future challenges in the disability rights field.