Brittany Spears Held Legally Captive And How A Disability Advocate Could Have Protected Her

A recent New York Times article “Britney Spears’s Courtroom Plea Spurs Questions for Her Lawyer” shows how even famous people with disabilities have trouble accessing their rights in court, and make them vulnerable to ruthless financial and legal exploitation. I’m really shocked at the way she’s been controlled and oppressed through the conservatorship — and not told by her own lawyer that she had the right to petition the court to end it. An ADA Disability Advocate for her in court would have stopped this legal abuse. People with invisible disabilities — such as psychological disabilities, like PTSD, need Disability Advocates: they use the powerful federal ADA law to ensure people with invisible disabilities obtain equal access to justice in the courts. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as Amended (ADAAA) is a powerful law that can be a real game changer for people with invisible disabilities in court. I know because I’ve been using the ADA nationwide, fighting on the forefront to advocate for people with “invisible” disabilities in the courts.