The Importance of an Accessible Environment for Persons with Disabilities.

Kilbury, Robert F.

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ERIC Number: EJ479735

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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ISSN: ISSN-0019-2104

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The Importance of an Accessible Environment for Persons with Disabilities.

Kilbury, Robert F.

Illinois Libraries, v75 n5 p285-89 Fall 1993

Discusses problems facing persons with disabilities; provides a history of legislative advocacy efforts, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); considers how the ADA will impact upon negative attitudes; and describes what public libraries need to know to comply with the ADA. (Contains 17 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Advocacy, Attitudes, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Library Services, Negative Attitudes, Problems, Public Libraries, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990

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