Question

Identify the international, national, state/territory and local laws that apply when workers discriminate a person on the basis of a disability.

Answer 1

1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - An education law that requires schools to provide special education and related services to kids with disabilities who need them

2. ADA Americans with Disabilities Act - A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in schools, workplaces and public spaces.

3. Disability discrimination act 1992- makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person, in many areas of our public life including education , employment etc .

4. Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

This law provides coordinated, effective, and customer-focused workforce development and employment services to be delivered through one-Stop Career Centers.

Title I of the law provides for services to youth, adults, and dislocated workers. The youth provisions of Title I of the law require states and localities to provide a comprehensive workforce preparation system that reflects the developmental needs of youth. In 2004 WIA changed to workforce innovation and opportunity act .

5 . Rehabilitation Act of 1973

• Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by Federal agencies, in programs receiving Federal financial assistance, in Federal employment, and in the employment practices of Federal contractors.

• Section 501 - affirmative action and nondiscrimination in employment

• Section 504(a) No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 7(20), shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.

• Section 508 establishes requirements for electronic and information technology developed, maintained, procured, or used by the Federal government to be accessible to people with disabilities, including employees and members of the public.

- Accessible IT - can be operated in a variety of ways and does not rely on a single sense or ability of the user

- Most of the technological advances in the US were through our government and the military, so they had to be accessible to the disabled - voice controlled things, accessibility options on the computers, voice recognition, etc.

o Section 508 started the push to the private sector

6. 1975 - Developmental Disabilities Act (DDA)

• Provide protection and advocacy for persons with developmental disabilities

• Promoted independent living, productivity, and community integration

. Assisted living, human developmental centers (assist individuals to try to promote reintegration into society)

• Provided a broader definition of disability to increase coverage for diagnoses such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and mental retardation

• Title I - III: I=individual II=family III=workers

. Title I pertains to individuals, title II pertains to people with family that have disabilities