enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_disability...

    [3] [80] [90] The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 93–112, 87 Stat. 355, enacted September 26, 1973), is a federal law, codified as 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., that exists to extend and revise the authorization of grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to ...

  3. Vocational rehabilitation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocational_rehabilitation

    Vocational rehabilitation varies greatly between countries. However, it generally focuses on improvements to the socialisation, healthcare and physical and mental wellbeing of the person receiving the services. [2] People eligible for vocational rehabilitation generally include those with long-term sicknesses, mental health disorders, common ...

  4. 66th United States Congress - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_United_States_Congress

    3rd: December 6, 1920 – March 3, 1921. The 66th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. [1][2] It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1919, to March 4, 1921, during the last two years of ...

  5. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehabilitation_Act_of_1973

    The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 93–112, 87 Stat. 355, enacted September 26, 1973) is a United States federal law, codified at 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. The principal sponsor of the bill was Rep. John Brademas (D-IN-3).

  6. Rehabilitation Services Administration - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehabilitation_Services...

    The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) is a federal agency under the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, [5] and is headquartered within the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. [3][6] It was established to administer portions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. [2]

  7. Disabled American Veterans - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabled_American_Veterans

    The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is an organization created in 1920 by World War I veterans for disabled military veterans of the United States Armed Forces that helps them and their families through various means. It was issued a federal charter by Congress in 1932.

  8. The New Freedom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Freedom

    The Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920 (Smith-Fess Act) authorized a joint federal-state vocational rehabilitation program for handicapped civilians. [ 90 ] Under the Industry Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920 (Smith-Bankhead Act), Congress began providing federal funds for cooperation with the states in the vocational ...

  9. Federal Security Agency - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Security_Agency

    The Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943 expanded functions relating to vocational rehabilitation and assigned them to the Federal Security Administrator, who established the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation on September 4, 1943, to carry out these functions. Since the original Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920, certain ...