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Government Policy Toward Handicapped Individuals
The U.S. White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals met in Washington D.C., May 23-27, 1977. It was the first White House Conference devoted solely to the problems and potentials of handicapped people and it brought together the largest number…
H.R.4210 - A bill to extend and improve the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Title I: Amendments to the General Provisions
Title II: Amendments Related to Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Title III: Amendments Related to Research and Training
Title IV: Amendments Related to Services for Independent Living
Title V:…
Title II: Amendments Related to Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Title III: Amendments Related to Research and Training
Title IV: Amendments Related to Services for Independent Living
Title V:…
How To Bring New Hope to the Mentally Retarded
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…
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Information series (Lowry Field, Colorado), no. 5-MS (September 1945): hospitalization, medical treatment and related benefits
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.
Letter barring school attendance, 1951
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…
Meeting Sunday's Deadline on Disabled Access
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…
On the Beam, June Edition 1945, no. 6
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…
Remarks on Proposed Measures to Combat Mental Illness and Mental Retardation, 5 February 1963
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…
Some Observations on Mental Defectiveness and Mental Retardation among Children
The source discusses the "mental defectiveness" among children in the early 1900s