The Americans with Disabilities Act : from policy to practice /

The book will be useful both in orienting those who need a general sense of the law and its mandates and in supplying a reference for specific areas of inquiry, such as how technology can be used to provide reasonable accommodations ... The book addresses itself to a range of questions. First, what...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Milbank Memorial Fund
Other Authors:	West, Jane, 1950-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, [1991]
Subjects:	People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States. Discrimination against people with disabilities > Law and legislation > United States. Discrimination in employment > Law and legislation > United States.

Table of Contents:

Social and policy context of the Act / J. West
Essential requirements of the Act, a short history and overview / N.L. Jones
Demographics of disability / M.P. LaPlante
Employment protections / C.R. Feldblum
Employment strategies for people with disabilities, a prescription for change / P.G. Hearne
Recent history and immediate future of employment among persons with disabilities / E.H. Yelin
Economics of employment / T.N. Chirikos
Equal access to public accommodations / R.L. Burgdorf Jr.
Transportation policy / R.A. Katzmann
Implementing the telecommunications provisions / K.P. Strauss
Public health powers, the imminence of radical change / L.O. Gostin
Tax incentives / D.C. Schaffer
Role of technology in removing barriers / J.C. DeWitt
Opportunities of implementation / J. West.