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Brown, Fredda; Gothelf, Carole R.; Guess, Doug; Lehr, Donna H. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1998
This article explores implications of people's interpretations of communicative efforts by people with severe disabilities. Recent initiatives to support and promote self-determination are critically assessed as possibly functioning to limit self-determination. Use of preference assessments and behavior supports is discussed as a key to…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Behavior Change, Disability Discrimination
Crudden, Adele; Sansing, William; Butler, Stacy – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 2005
Focus groups of rehabilitation providers identified barriers to the employment of persons who are visually impaired and strategies to overcome them. The barriers included negative attitudes of employers and of persons with visual impairments, inadequate transportation, the lack of access to print, and administrative issues. Strategies for…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Employment, Visual Impairments, Employer Attitudes
Parish, Susan L.; Saville, Alison Whisnant – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2006
Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for 2000 and 2002, we compared potential and realized use of health care for a national sample of working-age women with cognitive disabilities. Despite having similar likelihoods of potential access to health care as compared to nondisabled women, they had markedly worse rates of receiving…
Descriptors: Females, Access to Health Care, Comparative Analysis, Disability Discrimination
Altenbaugh, Richard J. – History of Education, 2006
Viewing disabled people as historical actors, this essay ponders emerging disability historiography, distilling three key characteristics--the norm, prejudice and human agency--and applies them to specific cases related to the polio phenomenon of the twentieth century, focusing on the closely related experiences of childhood, families and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Diseases, Historiography, Social History
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1994
This guide provides information on Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in a question-and-answer format for employees. The guide covers such topics as the following: which employers must comply; what employment practices and activities are covered; who is protected against employment discrimination; definitions of a person with a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Age Discrimination, Disabilities
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. – 1994
Continuing progress in science and engineering is essential to meeting the Nation's goals of improved international competitiveness and enhanced economic and social well-being for all citizens. The full utilization of human resources is a vital factor in the realization of this objective. Participation in science and engineering in the United…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Engineering Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
This pamphlet outlines the provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination against students on the basis of handicap, in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. The evaluation and placement procedures that schools must carry out to determine the educational needs of a…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Educational Legislation

Dowling, Richard J. – Volta Review, 1977
Federal action to protect and secure the educational and employment rights of hearing impaired persons is reviewed. (CL)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Deafness, Disability Discrimination, Education

Blatt, Burton; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1977
Three authors present current controversies over the welfare of the mentally retarded in discussions of the plight and future of institutions. (Author)
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Institutional Role, Institutionalized Persons, Institutions

Asch, Adrienne – American Psychologist, 1984
Profiles the disabled population and raises questions concerning discrepancies in education, income, and treatment of disabled and nondisabled populations. Shows how social-psychological theories explain these circumstances; concludes that answers to questions are obtainable through psychological research that views disabilities from a civil…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Demography, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Bolding, Nancy L. – 1999
This trainer's guide is designed specifically to provide training to individuals with mental retardation or other cognitive disabilities on their rights under titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Written in simple language and supported by drawings that make the material more accessible, the training is meant to give…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights, Coping, Disability Discrimination

Bordieri, James E.; Drehmer, David E.; Taylor, Darrell W. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1997
Explores the promotional potential and perceived value of employees with disabilities. Supervisors (N=168) made promotion recommendations for employees of a hypothetical company. Results demonstrate that candidates with either depression or obesity were evaluated more negatively than equally qualified non-disabled peers. Perceived personal blame…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship

Sobsey, Dick – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 1994
This paper responds to Wood and May's survey of special education teachers' attitudes toward euthanasia. It is pointed out that the mere existence of attitudes supporting euthanasia does not constitute a validation of such attitudes. The discussion of euthanasia of individuals with severe disabilities is discussed as representative of a…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Disability Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Euthanasia

Reiser, Richard – British Journal of Special Education, 1990
Great Britain's teachers with disabilities face discrimination in obtaining and retaining employment. To achieve disability equality and integration, a campaign is needed to change regulations for medical fitness to teach, develop an equality perspective across the whole curriculum, and force the government to allocate money to include disabled…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education

Jacobs, Alice E.; Hendricks, Deborah J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1992
The job accommodation needs of adults with specific learning disabilities are examined through an analysis of cases handled by the Job Accommodation Network. Case examples are included, which provide practical solutions to common situations involving these adults in the employment environment. Resources available for making accommodations are…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Case Studies, Disability Discrimination