Pat Rae

The Editor-in-Chief thanks Pat Rae of Western Massachusetts Legal Services for bringing these cases to his attention.

The first chapter is excerpted from portions of an article on Reasonable Accommodation written by Pat Rea, an attorney with Western Massachusetts Legal Services in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and focuses briefly on the history, nature, and extent of prejudice towards persons with mental disabilities in America.

In addition, we wish to think Pat Rae of Western Massachusetts Legal Services for his article on reasonable accommodations from which Chapter I is excerpted.

Pat Rae

J. Paterson Rae joined CPR in August 2007 from Western Massachusetts Legal Services, where he was the litigation director from 1992 to 2007.He has litigated numerous class actions and appeals in a variety of different areas, including disability, Medicaid, welfare, housing and employment.He has designed and delivered trainings on various topics, including Affirmative Litigation, Trial Skills, §1983 litigation issues, the integration mandate of the ADA, attorneys fees, and appellate advocacy at the national, regional and state levels.He is one of the co-authors of the Federal Practice Manual published by Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.He graduated from Brown University and received his law degree from New York University School of Law.

In addition, we wish to thank Pat Rae of Western Massachusetts Legal Services for his article on reasonable accommodations from which Chapter I is excerpted.

The first chapter is excerpted from portions of an article on Reasonable Accommodations written by Pat Rea, an attorney with Western Massachusetts Legal Services in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and focuses briefly on the history, nature, and extent of prejudice towards persons with mental disabilities in America.

The second chapter briefly reviews the federal and state anti-discrimination laws which obligate housing providers to make reasonable accommodations to tenants and prospective tenants with disabilities.What is presented is a brief and cursory review of these laws and is not intended to offer a detailed analysis of rights and responsibilities.Instead, these laws are presented as background to the remainder of this handbook which is devoted to disabilities and accommodations.

Amicus Brief Regarding PCA Hearing Rights submitted under cover of Emily S. Starr's February 5, 1996 Memo and January 31, 1996 Memo from Pat Rae of Western Mass. Legal Services Inc.

Pat Rae (Western Mass Legal Services)

Pat Rae, Western Mass. Legal Services

"Here is the perfect example," says Pat Rae of Western Massachusetts Legal Services, "of a gentleman who is being institutionalized at not only a greater cost to the Commonwealth, but more importantly, at a tremendous emotional cost to his health and well-being."