Oversight Hearing on H.R. 4498, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1988: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in Boston, MA, October 24, 1988, Opseg 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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Stranica 22 - No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States, . . . shall, solely by reason of his handicap, 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.
Stranica 197 - Establishing the nation's first special education program guaranteeing the rights of children with - 2 disabilities to a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.
Stranica 167 - WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.
Stranica 65 - Act — (1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities...
Stranica 19 - We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Stranica 23 - we can no longer tolerate the invisibility of the handicapped in America . . . ." 118 Cong Rec 525-526 (1972). And Senator Cranston, the Acting Chairman of the Subcommittee that drafted § 504," described the Act as a response to "previous societal neglect.
Stranica 23 - The 504 Regulation attacks the discrimination, the demeaning practices and the injustices that have afflicted the nation's handicapped citizens. It reflects the recognition of the Congress that most handicapped persons can lead proud and productive lives, despite their disabilities. It will usher in a new era of equality for handicapped individuals in which unfair barriers to self-sufficiency and decent treatment will begin to fall before the force of the law.
Stranica 23 - These people have the right to live, to work to the best of their ability — to know the dignity to which every human being is entitled. But too often we keep children whom we regard as 'different' or a 'disturbing influence' out of our schools and community activities altogether....
Stranica 186 - Act of 1968; and (8) insure that public conveyances, including rolling stock, are readily accessible to, and usable by, physically handicapped persons.
Stranica 78 - I would like to take this opportunity to discuss some of the issues in this Act that I feel are very crucial First is the definition of discrimination.