The Americans with Disabilities Act: I. History, Summary, and Key Components.

Essex-Sorlie, Diane

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ERIC Number: EJ488168

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Publication Date: 1994

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The Americans with Disabilities Act: I. History, Summary, and Key Components.

Essex-Sorlie, Diane

Academic Medicine, v69 n7 p519-24 Jul 1994

This report focuses on definitions and explanations of key components of the Americans with Disabilities Act especially as they relate to compliance by medical schools. After a summary of the act and its development, explanations of the following concepts are given: "disability,""qualified individual with a disability," and "reasonable accommodation." (DB)

Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, College Administration, Compliance (Legal), Definitions, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Higher Education, Legal Responsibility, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Professional Education

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