Americans_with_Disabilities_Act

Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act I would like to begin by saying, that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is one of the better bills that were signed. Lets begin by giving a little history on ADA and I will discuss a few things on how accommodations are set up for the person with a disability or handicap. I will also provide an example or two of questions to ask and a diagram of how an elevator is set up persons with disabilities. Historically, societies have frequently misconstrued, overreacted to, or ignored differences in individual mental and physical abilities. Recorded instances of ridicule, torture, imprisonment and execution of people with disabilities are not uncommon. One commentator stated that “Our society is still infected by an insidious, now almost subconscious assumption that people with disabilities are less than fully human, and therefore are not fully eligible for the opportunities, services and support systems which are available to other people as a matter of right”. (U.S.C.C.R., 1983) In colonial times, it was considered the family’s responsibility to care for individuals born with disabilities or those who became disabled later through illness, injury too other causes. According to a leading authority, “Fear, americans, with, disabilities, act, people, reasonable, individuals, public, disability, work, employment, accommodation, accommodations, society, rehabilitation, provide, federal, care, ada, guidance, services, qualified, integration, equal, employer, transportation, rights, programs, modified, led, job, institutions, independence, hiring, discrimination, adjustments, undue, two, time, set, return, requires, request, reassignment, questions, provisions, provision, policy, physical, performed