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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…

Poster advertising public employment services for disabled individuals.

Presented is a compilation of The Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act (P.L. 91-517) and its amendment, the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (P.L. 94-103). The document contains three sections:…

The article presents a discussion about the history of special education for the handicapped people in the United States. During the time of President Lyndon Johnson, education was given priority. Laws focusing on the education of handicapped people,…

American Federation for the Physically Handicapped's President Paul Strachan outlines his proposals for an inter-departmental committee on selective job placement of the handicapped, and for a one-year pilot program in Pennsylvania leading to a…

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…

Bay Area employers expressed concern yesterday that the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act could hamper their flexibility in making personnel decisions, depending on how narrowly or broadly the measure is interpreted. When President Bush signed…

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.