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The disability pendulum: the first decade of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Author:
- COLKER Ruth
- Publisher:
- New York University Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 245p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. This book presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in Congress and analyzes the first decade of judicial decisions under the act. It assesses the success and failure of the first ten years of litigation under the ADA, focusing on its three major titles: employment, public entities, and public accommodations. The book argues that despite an initial atmosphere of bipartisan support with the expectation that the ADA would make a significant difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities, judicial decisions have not been consistent with Congress intentions. The courts have operated like a pendulum, at times swinging to a pro-disabled plaintiff and then back again to a pro-defendant stance. The author, whose work on the ADA has been cited by the Supreme Court, offers practical suggestions on where to amend the act to make it more effective in defending disability rights, and also explains judicial hostility toward enforcing the act.
Children with learning and other disabilities: some key legislation
- Author:
- RUSSELL Philippa
- Publisher:
- Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Lists and describes key legislation affecting disabled children and children with learning difficulties.
Equal measures: closing the accessibility gap
- Editors:
- SHIPLEY Tony, GILL John, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- COST
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The European Union has produced a set of Directives governing the provision of electronic communications facilities. People who have disabilities, or who are elderly and are now experiencing some loss of function, are at risk of exclusion from this new world of electronic communications unless special note is made of their needs. However, the pace of technological change is such that specific technical measures are quickly rendered obsolete, and so have no place in legislation that is intended to be of lasting value. If the primary legislation can only point to the basic fundamentals, and if the market-place is not yet ready to acknowledge a wider spectrum of functional ability amongst its customers, how can this risk of exclusion be addressed? The aim of this publication is to show how, with a degree of European co-operation, the powers devolved to national regulators can be applied to close the gap and bring in short- term measures that are consistent with the overall framework while addressing immediate problems of accessibility.
A wake-up call for service providers
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(2), October 2000, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Discusses how the Disability Discrimination Act aims to make services providers aware of their responsibilities to ensure that disabled people are not confronted by disablist attitudes or subject to negative generalisations by being labelled as having learning difficulties.
New requirements to make goods, facilities and services more accessible to disabled people: consultations on a new code of practice and regulations
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment, NATIONAL DISABILITY COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Set of consultation papers on the further implementation of Part three of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Duties of trade organisations to their disabled members and applicants: consultation on a code of practice
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 2 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Disability Discrimination Act 1995: guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance issued under section 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 concerning the definition of disability in the Act.
Disability issues for social workers and human services professionals in the twenty-first century
- Editors:
- MURPHY John W., PARDECK John T., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Haworth Social Work Practice Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 174p.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
This text provides authoritative information that will prove to be of critical importance for disability professionals in the coming years. It covers aspects of disability that have not been well covered in the literature—issues surrounding spirituality, civil rights, and the “medical model vs. social (or minority) model” (of viewing disability) controversy. It examines the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the wake of the Supreme Court’s narrowing of the Act’s powers and explore newly developed theories designed to more accurately define the true meaning of disability.
Exile and pride: disability, queerness and liberation
- Author:
- CLARE Eli
- Publisher:
- South End Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 147p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Clare vibrantly describes the "rednecks" and clearcuts she grew up among, the "freak shows" of the nineteenth century, and the "transgender warriors" of today. Her intelligence and wit illuminate her ruminations on cerebral palsy, child abuse, nature, pornography, sexuality, and class. The book is grounded by Clare's childhood memories of playing in the Oregon mountains and of her increasing realization of the environmental destruction caused by the logging and fisheries industries that employed her neighbours. This disillusionment with trusted sources of safety and belonging echoes with the prejudice she experiences due to her cerebral palsy and with the terror of sexual abuse that filled her childhood. Her self-imposed exile from her hometown remains a tangle of grief and relief, but Clare highlights the pride she has built through participating in the liberation movements of disabled people and queers of all stripes.
Regulations on extension of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 to cover general qualifications bodies: consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a consultation on two sets of draft regulations for the extension of the Disability Discrimination Act to cover general qualifications bodies. The implementation date for these regulations is to be 1 September 2007.