Title III: Americans with Disabilities Act

The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by President George Bush on 26 July 1990 (Public Law 101-336: The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, 104 STAT. 327, 42 USC 12101). This research presents a social welfare policy analysis of the ADA. The results of this analysis are presented within the contexts of (1) government's legal responsibilities for social welfare, (2) government's conceptual orientation to social welfare, (3) obstacles and constraints to governmental intervention, (4) catalysts for governmental intervention, (5) specific needs identified by government, (6) goals and strategies, (7) program description, and (8) evaluation.

Government's Legal Responsibilities For Social Welfare

Title III of the ADA is concerned specifically with the physical access of handicapped persons to buildings and other facilities (Lofton, Judice, & Cook, 1993, pp. 94-115). The first legislation prohibiting discrimination against persons with a physical handicap was enacted in 1948 to protect returning veterans from the Second World War who sought employment in the federal Civil Service (Evolution, 1989, p. 290). The meaning of discrimination in relation to physical disabilities was expanded in 1968 with the enactment of the Architectural Barriers Act. This Act mandated that all building construction that was federally-funded and all buildings leased by the feder

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ommunication, recreation, institutionalization, health services, voting, and access to public services (Public Law 101-336, Sec. 2., 3-4). 4. Unlike individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or age, individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of disability have often had no legal recourse to redress such discrimination (Public Law 101-336, Sec. 2., 3-4). 5. Individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies, failure to make modifications to existing facilities and practices, exclusionary qualification standards and criteria, segregation, and relegation to lesser services, programs, activities, benefits, jobs, or other opportunities (Public Law 101-336, Sec. 2., 3-4). 6. Census data, national polls, and other studies have documented that people with disabilities, as a group, occupy an inferior status in our society, and are severely disadvantaged socially, vocationally, economically, and educationally (Public Law 101-336, Sec. 2., 3-4). 7. Individual
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