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Gaal, John; Jones, Peter A. – Journal of College and University Law, 2003
Summarizes some of 2001's more interesting and important court cases regarding disability discrimination in higher education, commenting on their effects on case law. (EV)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
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Kennedy, Jae; Olney, Marjorie – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2001
Uses population data from the Disability Supplement to the 1994 and 1995 National Health Interview Surveys to assess rates of work discrimination among adults with disabilities. Analysis suggests that nearly a 10th of all adults with disabilities who were in the workforce during the 5-year period immediately following passage of the ADA…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disability Discrimination, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Rehabilitation Counseling
Lipton, Diane – Exceptional Parent, 1991
This paper describes the four Titles in the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination in the areas of employment, public services, public accommodations and services operated by private entities, and telecommunications. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Legislation
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Dalgin, Rebecca Spirito; Bellini, James – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2008
This study investigated the impact of disclosure of invisible disabilities (physical and psychiatric) within the employment interview process. Both the type of disability and the extent of disclosure were manipulated in an analogue experimental design. Employers (N = 60) were exposed to a short interview vignette of a potential candidate and were…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Research Design, Physical Disabilities, Personnel Selection
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Kwok, Joseph – Rehabilitation Education, 2007
This paper discusses the impact of major reforms in Hong Kong on rehabilitation practice and personnel training. Significant changes in policy and legislative measures concerning disability are explained. Key challenges to professional accreditation and personnel training related to rehabilitation are deliberated with illustrations on how tertiary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Rehabilitation, Professional Education
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Johnson, William G.; Lambrinos, James – Journal of Human Resources, 1985
The extent of discrimination against handicapped men and women is estimated in this article. Observed wage differentials are corrected for selectivity bias. Results indicate that almost one-third of the wage differential for men and close to one-half for women can be attributed to discrimination. Handicapped women are also subjected to sex…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Females, Males
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Weinberg, Nancy – Social Work, 1983
Describes how personal rights of the physically disabled are violated in public situations and examines how the disabled react to these violations. Social work can assist disabled persons in developing coping strategies to preserve their dignity and can educate the ablebodied public regarding the rights of the disabled. (JAC)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Disability Discrimination, Physical Disabilities, Social Bias
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Weber, Mark C. – Journal of College and University Law, 2000
Reviews court cases in 1999 related to disability discrimination in higher education focusing on the Americans with Disabilities Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The "Garrett" case regarding Eleventh Amendment immunity is the case most likely to be significant in the development of the law of disability…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Court Litigation, Disability Discrimination
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Wilson, John – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2004
Conceptual problems about justice and disability relate directly to practice. Current thinking tends (1) to consider only distributive justice (the allocation of resources); (2) to assume that educators have the right to impose their own values on the disabled; and (3) to classify people as disabled, and treat those people, in accordance with a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Justice, Civil Rights, Educational Needs
Smith, Margot W. – Online Submission, 2008
In the 1930s, about 2% of San Francisco's children were diagnosed as intellectually disabled and placed in special education or institutionalized. Most of the children were of Italian descent. Teachers, physicians, psychologists and social workers authorized their placement in San Francisco's special education classes, specified the training that…
Descriptors: Genetics, Special Education, Racial Bias, Selection
Shapiro, Siglinda – Exceptional Parent, 1978
The author explains the provisions of Title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112) which guarantees the civil rights of people with disabilities. (SBH)
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Civil Liberties, Disability Discrimination, Federal Legislation
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Goldman, Charles D. – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1985
Reviews Federal legislation since 1968 affecting disabled people and discusses political and bureaucratic inaction that compromised implementation. Suggests that the remainder of the 1980's will be a period when disabled persons must assert their rights, supposedly guaranteed by Federal and State laws, to participate fully in society. (SA)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities
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Obani, Tim; Doherty, Jim – Educational Studies, 1986
Presents the results of a study of English and Nigerian adolescents' conceptions of the causes, effects, rehabilitation, and interaction of handicaps. Cognitive maturity (related to age) proved to be the greatest factor influencing accuracy of perception. Samples of questions and anecdotes are included. (JDH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Disability Discrimination, Disability Identification
Thomas, Stephen B. – 2002
As recently as the 1960s and 1970s, comparatively few persons with disabilities were able to attend college, either due to limited financial resources or to the inaccessibility of the campus and college programs. Today, colleges have substantially increased their efforts to recruit, admit, and accommodate qualified students with disabilities and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Higher Education
Holub, Tamara – 2001
This brief paper reviews the literature on entrepreneurship among people with disabilities. It notes that entrepreneurship by individuals with disabilities is often a consequence of disability discrimination in the workforce and provides both benefits and disadvantages such as independence and freedom from access-related obstacles (benefits) and…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Employment Opportunities
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