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This paper explains the provisions of the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of the U.S. Enacted on July 27, 1990, ADA is a wide-ranging law that creates new rights and extends existing rights for an estimated 43 million Americans who have…

How To Bring New Hope to the Mentally Retarded is one of the pamphlets given to the camp counselors at Camp Shriver in 1965 and one of many developed in the 1960s as a heightened public awareness of the mentally disabled was occurring.
From its…

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.

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…

Focuses on the efforts of California restaurants to comply with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). California Title 24 legislation as a forerunner of the ADA; Accessibility for the disabled; Cost of compliance with the guidelines.

The article discusses legal rights, legislative developments, and societal considerations pertaining to the rights and accommodations for people with physical disabilities, exploring issues related to accessibility, discrimination, and advocacy…

This image expresses a disabled individual's daily life through a grocery store.