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The Smith-Sears Veterans Rehabilitation Act
Provided for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation and return to civil employment of disabled persons discharged from U.S. military. -
Buck v. Bell
Forced sterilization of people with disabilities was not a violation of their constitutional rights. -
Social Security Act
- federally funded old-age benefits and funds to states for assistance to blind individuals and disabled children.
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National Employ the Handicapped Week
Harry Truman signed PL-176 creating this event, -
Social Security Ammendment extended to include Disable Workers
-Ages 50-64
-Benifits extended to dependents of the disabled in 1958 -
Rehabilitation Act
Formula grant for vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Equal access to public education -
O’Connor v. Donaldson
People Cannot be institutionalized against their will unless they are deemed a danger to themselves or others. -
The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
All polling places must be handicap accessible -
Honig v. Doe
School authorities cannot expel or suspend or otherwise move disabled children from the setting agreed upon in the child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) without being duely processed. -
American's with Disabilities Act of 1990
-Gave similar protection to disabled americans as one would recieved based on race sex color etc..
-Gave provisions for employment (title I), government services and activities (title II) and publice accomodations (title III) -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Revision of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
-Focused on parents of the disabled child
-Individualized cirriculum -
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Yeskey
Whether Title II of ADA covers state prisons and prisoners.
Ruling: YES -
Bragdon v. Abbott
Is HIV considered a disability under the ADA?
Ruling: Yes, because of the definition of A disability, HIV is considered an impairment from the moment of infection -
Sutton v. United Airlines
Whether, in a lawsuit brought by two job applicants with severe nearsightedness (myopia) to challenge an airline's minimum vision requirement for global pilots, corrective and mitigating measures should be considered in determining whether an individual is disabled under ADA, and whether the applicants had stated a valid claim that the airline regarded them as disabled.
-Ruling: that mitigating measures should be considered when determining whether a disability exists. -
PGA Tour Inc. v. Martin
Does a disabled person entering the competition have protection under title III and can they use a golf cart while all able bodied people have to walk?
Ruling: The golf cart wouldn't give Mr. Martin a competitive advantage so he should be allowed to have one,and he is protected under title III -
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Echazabal
whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulation that allows employers to refuse to hire applicants because their performance on the job would endanger their health due to a disability is permitted under the ADA.
Ruling: Court upheld the EEOC threat-to-self provision.
