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Download full textBrandt, Bonnie Biel – 1995
This training package includes a Facilitator Manual and a Participant Manual designed to provide information and instructional tools necessary to train Guam employers on awareness and skills related to the successful employment of individuals with disabilities. Module 1 dispels misconceptions and stereotypes related to disabilities. Attitudes and…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights Legislation, Consciousness Raising, Disabilities
Blanck, Peter David – 1994
This report examines the employment practices of Sears, Roebuck and Company, before and after the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). By studying the corporate behavior of Sears, which employs an estimated 20,000 people with disabilities, the report attempts to stimulate discussion of the communication issues that Sears…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Rights Legislation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Compliance (Legal)
Bedini, Leandra A.; And Others – Camping Magazine, 1992
Discusses the effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on camp programing and provides strategies to improve camp accessibility for people with disabilities. Discusses obstacles to integrated programing including ecological and architectural barriers, attitudinal barriers, transportation barriers, barriers of omission, economic…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Camping, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities
Routier, Wanda J. – 1993
This practicum was designed to develop a national teacher training model giving special education professionals at eight sites the background, understanding, materials, and support necessary to teach secondary students with disabilities about their rights, responsibilities, and opportunities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
Wolfe, Pamela S.; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1996
A survey of personnel representing mental health/mental retardation/developmental disabilities agencies in 50 states investigated the self-advocacy needs of clients, training in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and impact of the ADA. Results indicated that clients needed training in advocacy-related skills and that the ADA had a minimal…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Civil Rights Legislation, Developmental Disabilities
Natale, Joe, Ed. – Illinois Libraries, 1991
Twelve articles describe new library buildings in Illinois and address various aspects of library construction. Highlights include public, special, academic, and school libraries; library design and historic preservation; Carnegie libraries; handicapped accessibility, including the Americans with Disabilities Act; construction considerations; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accessibility (for Disabled), Design Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education
Florida International Univ., Miami. Libraries. – 1992
This report explores the significance of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) for the Florida International University Libraries and describes adaptations that can be made to insure compliance with the law. Following a discussion of the law and definitions of terms, the paper lists auxiliary aids and services that should be purchased…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Libraries, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Peer reviewedOlson, Jennifer; Murphy, Cari Lee; Olson, Philip D. – Young Children, 1999
Provides insight into system-level changes needed to support inclusive preschool activities. Recognizes successful outcomes of inclusive programs as highly dependent on attitudes of parents and teachers. Describes a six-step process in developing successful inclusive programs in a rural Iowa community. Stresses the need for everyone affected to…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Education, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Delays
Rab, Victoria Youcha; And Others – 1995
This book explains federal guidelines for program directors and child care personnel for daily practices and procedures when children with disabilities are admitted to child care programs. The handbook addresses inclusion issues to raise the importance of involving all staff in preparation for efforts to become an inclusive program. Part I begins…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects, Disabilities
Klein, Edie – 1992
This book was created to assist youth-camp directors define their camp jobs to improve employee performance assessment, training, and hiring. The book, aimed at clarifying issues in fair-hiring practices required by the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), includes the descriptions of 31 jobs. Each description includes the job's minimum…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Camping, Disability Discrimination, Employment Interviews
Peer reviewedMendle, Jill – Reference Librarian, 1995
Examines literature for guiding libraries to develop services that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Presents a case of the University of Alabama Libraries' establishment of a technologies lab to serve the needs of the blind, visually impaired, and learning disabled students; examines problems and efforts to increase staff…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Blindness, Case Studies, Disabilities
Peer reviewedSurr, John – Young Children, 1992
Describes the ways in which major provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are likely to affect child care centers and family child care homes. Keys to success with the ADA are listed. (BB)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Day Care Centers, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1993
The comprehensiveness and effectiveness of school-to-work transition activities are limited by staff and time. The unique and complicated counseling needs of students with disabilities require the involvement of other actors, primarily parents. Youth with disabilities and their parents must be knowledgeable about vocational opportunities and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Theiss, Sally A. – 1993
Librarians must find ways to meet the information needs of patrons with various disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act codified what librarians have long espoused: equal access to information for people with any type of disabling condition. This study's objective was to identify and examine current or planned programs dealing with staff…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Attitudes, Content Analysis
Satcher, Jamie F.; Dooley-Dickey, Katherine – 1991
This paper provides a basic overview of the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which mandates equal access, protection, and opportunity for persons with disabilities in four major areas: employment, telecommunication, transportation, and public services and accommodations. It notes that the employment…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
