Our guest author today is Ellen Terrell, Business Reference Specialist.
Image accessed from UAW Local 2244 website on July 22, 2010
According to the U.S. Census in their report Americans with Disabilities: 2005, there are roughly 54 million Americans with a disability. 11 million people age 6 and older need personal assistance with everyday activities and 46% of the people ages 21 to 64 having some type of disability who were employed.* So today is a milestone.
On this date in 1990 the Americans with Disabilities Act, Public Law No: 101-336 (42 U.S. Code Chapter 126) was signed into law (view video of the signing ceremony) by George H.W. Bush. The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, state and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications.
Want to know more? The Library of Congress has many items in its collection on People with disabilities and Discrimination against people with disabilities for those wanting to do research. You can also visit the page maintained by the Justice Department or go to Disability.gov and read their blog postings on 100 Days to the ADA which is a countdown to the 20th anniversary.
* Accessed July 15, 2010 http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb10-ff13.html
February 12, 2011 at 10:38 am
I think our country has cultured itself into a county of disabled people for various reasons, not always so good, because there were some that needed some help and assistance over time and no one really had the answers or the time or the resources or the right knowledge, and it corrupted our country and exploited our people, now we have big lobbiest that tell what things are and drug companies that openly and brazenly use any of the media they can to exploit the public with and the public doesn’t get it, they believe they must be being nice to share with them. They are profitting off of and not helping to fix any of the real issues, needs, or problems, those are things they do not care about as long as they make the profit, if profit is all this country is about then it is a hell of a place to live and a ready time for the antichrist to come. Think about it, greed and abuse and exploitation from those that are suppose to be fixing things just so that they can push legalized drugs, LOL So you think I am crazy I actually think it is our whole society that has gone crazy.