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Brochure regarding hospitalization, medical treatment, and related benefits for veterans. Covers hospitalization, out-patient treatment, prosthetics, medical treatment for veterans receiving vocational rehabilitation, and how to apply.

The article presents a discussion about handicapped people in the United States. In the past, most people have treated the handicapped people, like the blind and the deaf, unfairly. Some saw them as bad omens or cursed by gods. Treatment of the…

A letter demanding the Board of Education to provide instructions for children with mental disabilities as formal education does not provide benefits. A mother is recommended to send her children to a state institution, however, the mother refuses…

Wells Fargo will have to spend between $5 million and $10 million to meet the short-term provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act, according to Gail Abel, who is coordinating the bank's statewide compliance. Wells is probably better…

George Pepperdine College's newsletter, "On the Beam," discusses the Vocational Rehabilitation Program sponsored by the government and administered by the Veterans Administration. The program is aimed at helping veterans who meet specific criteria to…

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") was developed to provide disabled persons with access to public businesses, buildings, and other accommodations. For a variety of reasons, very few public accommodations comply with the…

Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s Special Message to Congress on mental illness and mental retardation delivered from the White House Fish Room. In his speech the President discusses his plans for a national mental health program, which…

The source discusses the "mental defectiveness" among children in the early 1900s

This image shows one of the 1968 "Chicago Special Olympics" Games held in Soldier Field. The 1968 Games brought around 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities together from 26 U.S. states and Canada.