“Disability Pride: The High Expectations of a New Generation.”

Doron Dorfman, associate professor in the College of Law, was interviewed by The New York Times for the story, “Disability Pride: The High Expectations of a New Generation.” Dorfman, an expert on disability law and policy, says the public knows little about the Americans With Disabilities Act (A.D.A.), which can result in “the fear of the disability con.” To elaborate, Dorfman says that “people with disabilities constantly pay a ‘tax or price,'” because there is “this idea of the disability con and always needing to prove they are actually disabled” and therefore protected under the A.D.A.