Sharing the Dream: Is the ADA Accommodating All?: A Report on the Americans with Disabilities Act

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Year: 2000
Pages: 101
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756722713

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Mary Frances Berry (ed.). In 1998, the U.S. Comm. on Civil Rights conducted a public hearing to investigate how the ADA was accomplishing its objectives of ensuring equality, independence, & freedom for people with disabilities. The Commission heard testimony on disability issues that were current, & to some extent unsettled, so the Commission could meaningfully contribute to the national discourse. This report analyzes the goals intended for the ADA & the impact on those it was intended to protect. Discusses the practical effects of the ADA, Supreme Court decisions & judicial trends in ADA enforcement, substance abuse & the ADA, & the ADA’s coverage of individuals with psychiatric & mental disabil.

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