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Disability in the Workplace
Disability in The Workplace

"The Americans With Disabilities Act is one of the most significant laws in American History. The preamble to the law states that it covers 43,000,000
Americans."(Frierson, p.3) Before the Americans With Disabilities Act(A.D.A.) was passed, employers were able to deny employment to a disabled worker, simply because he or she was disabled. With no other reason other than the persons physical disability were they turned away or released from a job. The Americans
With Disabilities Act prevented this type of discrimination by establishing rules and regulations designed to protect persons with physical disabilities.
With a workforce made up of 43,000,000 people, it is impossible to ignore the impact of these people. The Americans With Disabilities Act not only opened the door for millions of Americans to get back into the workplace, it is paving the road for new facilities in the workplace, new training programs and creating jobs designed for a disabled society. I believe the Americans With Disabilities Act is the most important precedent set in the struggle against all discrimination for persons with disability. In this paper I will give a brief description of the statutes set by the Americans With Disabilities Act, pertaining to disabilities in the workplace. I will then discuss what employers are required to do according to the A.D.A. and some of the regulations they must abide by. The next section of this paper will discuss the actual training of employees with disabilities with a highlight on training programs for workers with mobility and motion disabilities. The following section of this paper will discuss the economic effects of a vocational rehabilitation program. Finally this paper will conclude with a brief discussion of what the measures set by the Americans With
Disabilities Act means to the actual workers and people it benefits.

The Americans With Disabilities Act

The Americans With Disabilities Act has a


Cited: 1. The Americans With Disabilities Act Title I, 1994 2 SECOND EDITION, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1995 3 Management Association, 1995 WORKS REFERENCED 1. The Americans With Disabilities Act Title I, 1994 2 DISABILITIES ACT, SECOND EDITION, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1995 3. Tracey, William R. Training Employees with Diabilities, American Management Association, 1995 4. Conley, Robert W. The Economics of Vocational Rehabilitation, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1965
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