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AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

 

DEFINITION: "1990 U.S. law that prohibits discrimination against people with mental or physical disabilities…Under the ADA, companies must make 'reasonable accommodations' to provide the disabled with equal access to services and opportunities as long as such accommodations do not cause 'undue hardship'."  Encyclopedia of Social Issues

 

NARROW THE TOPIC:

·         Does the ADA secure the civil rights of people with disabilities?

·         Have employment opportunities (for the disabled) improved since the passage of the ADA?

·         Did Congress design the ADA to protect a small number of individuals with severe disabilities or those of the public whose minor disabilities could easily be corrected?

·         Has the ADA increased the number of  discrimination claims filed?

·         Should disabled people who rely on Medicaid lose that insurance when they have full-time employment?

·         Do ADA provisions on mental health restrict employers in the hiring of capable and reliable workers?

·         Does the ADA force business to hire unqualified people?

·         What are "reasonable accommodations"?

·         Should former substance abusers be covered by the ADA?

·         Is ADA compliance too expensive?  Does the act impose unreasonable burdens on business?

·         What are "boutique" disabilities?

·         Should schools mainstream students with disabilities?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Handicapped--legal status, laws, etc.--United States; Handicapped--civil rights--United States

 

RESOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE STACKS:

Encyclopedia of Business and Finance	REF HF 1001 .E466 2007 v.1
Encyclopedia of Disability	REF HV 1568 .E528 2006
Encyclopedia of Everyday Law	REF KF 387 .G27 2003
Major Acts of  Congress	REF KF 154 .M35 2004 v.3
Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties	REF JC 599 . U5 .E53 2005 "Disability Rights"

                    

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

Opposing Viewpoints: Work; America’s Victims

 

STATISTICS:

Disability Statistics Center:   http://dsc.ucsf.edu/main.php

Facts and Features: U.S. Census Bureau  http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2003/cb03ff-10.html

Statistical Abstract of the United States  (also at Reference Desk)

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Complete

Expanded Academic ASAP

OmniFile Full Text Mega

Health and Wellness Resource Center

General Business File

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS:  America's Newspapers

 

INTERNET SITES:

Standard Accommodations	http://www.disabilityrights.org/adatoc.htm
ATFSCP: Preserving ADA Protections	http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg18n2e.html
U.S. Bureau of the Census	http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2003/cb03ff-10.html
Disabilityinfo.gov	http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=217
U.S. Department of Justice	http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

 

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