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Tom Harkin dedicated his life to this issue of Disability Rights after seeing the life of his brother, Frank Harkin. Frank was discriminated against a lot during his childhood as well as his adulthood.

Before the passage of the Americans Americans with Disabilities Act, disabled people were not viewed as equals or treated with the same dignity as someone who was

These law removal physical barriers and improved the public attitudes toward people with disabilities. These law are very important when it comes to breaking stereotypes and overcoming the preconceptions

What: Ed Roberts was an activist who fought for American disability rights, for people who are disabled can participate in activities in society.

After watching the video and reading Bogdan’s Thesis, it’s important to notice the impact of the American with Disability Act (ADA) has on the topic of inclusion on our society. Individuals must have the opportunity to succeed in the general population without barriers and should be educated in the general classroom to learn the same curriculum and content that students that don’t have a disability are able to learn. The video mentions that the ADA was a civil rights law and was fought for so individuals with disabilities weren’t labeled has one population but as individuals that have different disabilities that may affect them in different ways but shouldn’t hinder them from being able to live, learn, and participate in the

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was put into place in 1990 to ensure that people could not discriminate against those with disabilities. At the end of every war, there were newly disabled American veterans that wanted improved civil rights and proper accommodations for the disabled that needed them. In the 1960’s, veterans from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War saw

Intro: In Christopher Reeve?s 1996 speech given at the Democratic National Convention, he uses strong diction and details in order to convince the audience of the importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA).

I believe the main point for the evolution of the ADA is the continuous unfair and superfluous discrimination denies the disabled an equal opportunity to pursue the opportunities our society may offer and the desire to correct this unjust discrimination.

Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it unlawful for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or even discharge anyone or discriminate anyone based off of wages, terms, and etc. because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Women in the workforce were the greatest impact in the 20th century. By this happening it allowed for everyone to compete on a fair scale for jobs and etc. In the 21st century individuals with disabilities would be a great impact on the workforce. Research has shown that people with disabilities are able to perform well as long as you are able to make accommodations so they are able to perform their jobs. In both cases having everyone able to participate allows new improve ideas to come to light.

For example, the Civil Rights Movement became a primary inspiration for the disability rights movement. In 1962, Edward Roberts a student with a significant disability sued to gain admission to the University of California. “The same year, James Meredith sued to become the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi.” And, in 1983 “Sharon Kowalski became disabled due to a drunk driver. After the accident had occurred, her parents learned she was a lesbian. They put Sharon in a nursing home rather than letting her return home to her partner Karen Thompson. Thompson’s eight-year struggle to free Kowalski became a focus of disability rights advocates and led to links between the lesbian and disability rights communities.”

The Americans with Disabilities Act has come a long way with helping to protect and obtaining justice for the disable opening the door for jobs and creating more adequate access to public spaces to an estimated 43 million disabled people however, corrective disabilities are more of a challenge. People whose disabilities that can be remedied with eyeglasses, medications, etc. are not covered by the ADA (Post, 1999). Justice Sandra Day O’Conner supports this action and wrote three provisions that led to the conclusion that remediable conditions are not a disability (Post, 1999).

The Civil Rights act is now applied to disabled people under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Some people did not like this

After years of discrimination, it looked as though people with disabilities would finally fine justice. In 1968 a bill was proposed that would enable people with disabilities to seek protection from the government. One would think that this bill would be welcomed into our society, but the events that followed proved quite the contrary. It took five years, three changes of administration and two presidential vetoes to pass the Rehabilitation Act. President Richard Nixon signed the bill into law on September 26, 1973. This act was designed to protect the rights of persons with disabilities. Proceeding the signing of the bill a federal campaign was launched to eliminate discrimination

Accoring to "Did you know ? Key Players in the disabled rights movement There were several key players involved in the ADA and these people are the reason ADA was approved and people can use it today. Starting with Justin Dart , JR who was the man who stepped up to the plate and fought tooth and nail for people with disabilities to have rights and he was not alone! Next up DR. Fred Fray and Professor Patricia Wright both advocated for people with disabilities also won support for ADA also both work at University of the District of Columbia came up with the original version of the ADA and proceeded to introduce it to congress who then approved it. (2014)

Before starting this class and especially the research paper, I knew very little about the ADA. During the period of research and writing the paper I hope to obtain a better grasp on the ADA in general. But I also hope to learn some things that my current place of employment can improve our standards when it comes to those with disabilities. The ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990 by then President George H. W. Bush. It prohibits discrimination based on disability and only disability. It is fairly similar to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.