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13 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 127 (2005-2006)
An Area of Refuge: Due Process Analysis and Emergency Evacuation for People with Disabilities

handle is hein.journals/vajsplw13 and id is 135 raw text is: AN AREA OF REFUGE: DUE PROCESS ANALYSIS AND EMERGENCY EVACUATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Jessica L. Roberts' I. IN TR O D U C TIO N ......................................................................... 128 II. TWO MODELS OF DISABILITY LAW UNDER SE C T IO N 1 .................................................................................... 130 A. Equal Protection Model - Cleburne v. Cleburne L iving C enter ........................................................................... 131 B. Substantive Due Process Model - Youngberg v. R om eo ...................................................................................... 140 III. TWO MODELS OF DISABILITY LAW UNDER SE C T IO N 5 .................................................................................... 142 A. Equal Protection Model - University of Alabama v. G arrett ...................................................................................... 14 3 B. Substantive Due Process Model - Tennessee v. Lane ............. 145 IV. TWO MODELS OF DISABILITY LAW UNDER T H E A D A ...................................................................................... 147 A. Constitutional Disability Jurisprudence as a Guide in the A D A ................................................................................... 14 8 B. The Two Models Applied to Titles l and II .............................. 152 V. CASE STUDY IN ADA CONSTRUCTION: EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES ......................... 154 A. Area of Refuge and Defend-in-Place Techniques .................... 155 B. Evaluating Emergency Evacuation under the Equal P rotection M odel ..................................................................... 157 C. Evaluating Emergency Evacuation under the Due Process M odel ......................................................................... 160 V I. C O N C LU SIO N .............................................................................. 177 J.D. Candidate, Yale Law School, 2006; B.A., Political Science, University of Southern California, 2002. I would like to thank my father for first teaching me about people with disabilities. Thank you to Elizabeth Davies for her contribution to the remedies section of this paper. Additional thanks to Ashlie Case, Sabrina Charles, Matthew Thomas, and Matthew Thrasher for reading and commenting on drafts. And finally, special thanks to Kenji Yoshino for all of his support and guidance in this process and for his belief in me and my ideas.