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Author Gordon, Michael, 1952 May 30-

Title ADHD on trial : courtroom clashes over the meaning of "disability" / Michael Gordon
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger ; Oxford : Harcourt Education [distributor], [2009]
©2009

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Description x, 168 pages ; 24 cm
3 1/2 in
Contents The review -- Motivations -- Diagnosis versus disability -- Depositions -- A cautionary tale -- The trial -- The final order
Summary With a well-publicized trial in the foreground, this volume explores psychiatric diagnoses, the meaning of "disability," and current law regarding when psychological conditions should allow for special allowances
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-161) and index
Subject Love, Jonathan M. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Law School Admission Council -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Disability evaluation -- United States.
Law schools -- United States -- Entrance examinations.
Author ABC-Clio Information Services.
LC no. 2008040395
ISBN 0313360154 (hbk.)
9780313360152 (hbk.)