Lessons from the Field: Learning from What Works for Employment for Persons with Disabilities - Softcover

Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions United States Senate

9781496188069: Lessons from the Field: Learning from What Works for Employment for Persons with Disabilities

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1496188063 ISBN 13: 9781496188069

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

View all copies of this ISBN edition

0 Used

1 New

From US$ 23.58

The Americans With Disabilities Act raised the expectations of people with disabilities and their families about what they can hope to achieve at work and in life, and inspired the world to view disability issues through a human rights frame and not simply through a medical or a charity model. The ADA stands for the proposition that disability is a natural part of the human experience that in no way should limit a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, including employment. Thanks to the ADA, our built environment and our transportation and telecommunications infrastructures are dramatically more welcoming to people with disabilities. Notwithstanding the many improvements that have been brought by the ADA, the sad reality is that people with disabilities still experience discrimination and encounter low expectations as they engage in the workforce.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.