Tuesday, June 10, 2008

ADA Addresses Prejudice

Legislators in Washington addressed prejudice against the 'Disabled', 18 years ago.

Wikipedia on the:

Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990

Groups that worked to pass the ADA

[NOTE: many of the below Wiki links lead to currently non-existent pages.]


"Even those who support the intent of the law worry that it might have unintended consequences. Among other arguments, they hypothesize that the Act creates additional legal risks for employers who then quietly avoid hiring people with disabilities to avoid this risk. And such researchers (e.g., DeLeire, 2000; Acemoglu & Angrist, 2001) claim to have documented a sharp drop in employment among Individuals with a disability after passage of the Act (see Schwochau & Blanck for counter arguments).

The ADA did not come with a guide for how employees and employers should apply the Act to mental disabilities. Psychologist Dr. John Fielder (1994) wrote a manual for employers that has been used by many parties concerned with issues of cognitive disabilities."


The American Psychiatric Association doesn't appear to be included, among those groups Wiki listed as working for passage of the ADA.


1: Acts of prejudice preventing the hiring of those APA labeled with 'Mental Disabilities' - through the Americans with Disabilities Act - have been addressed.

2: Exceeding the posted speed limit, and overtime parking, have also been addressed.


Who created those paperwork 'Mentally Ill' Disabilities in the First place, with diagnostic labels that Their meal tickets need Federal Legislation to protect them from?

"Thar's GOLD in them thar incurable mental disabilities, and Murdering Dope Deals."

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