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1977 – The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act (AB 846), also known as the Lanterman Act, is a California law, initially proposed by Assemblymember Frank D. Lanterman in 1973 and passed in 1977, that gives people with developmental disabilities the right to services and supports that enable them to live a more independent and normal life ...
An Act to amend section 16 of the Gaming Act 1968 [d] to make provision for the redemption of cheques; ... Drainage Rates (Disabled Persons) Act 1986. 1986 c. 17.
In 1986, the National Council on Disability (NCD), an independent federal agency, issued a report, Towards Independence, in which the Council examined incentives and disincentives in federal laws towards increasing the independence and full integration of people with disabilities into U.S. society.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, like the other United Nations human rights conventions, (such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) resulted from decades of activity during which group rights standards developed from aspirations to binding treaties.
People with disabilities in the United States are a significant minority group, making up a fifth of the overall population and over half of Americans older than eighty. [1] [2] There is a complex history underlying the U.S. and its relationship with its disabled population, with great progress being made in the last century to improve the livelihood of disabled citizens through legislation ...
October 2, 1986: Summary; The Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 (ACAA) is a federal law enacted by the 99th United States Congress on October 2, 1986. Its primary purpose is to prohibit commercial airlines from discriminating against passengers with disabilities.
The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes provision with respect to the welfare of chronically sick and disabled persons. The act, often shortened to ′CSDPA', [4] was given royal assent on 29 May 1970. [5] The legislation was introduced as a Private Member's Bill by ...
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) provides assistance at the public and state level for all registered voters with disabilities. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 outlines that all federal funded elections must provide at least one form of accessibility voting for all persons with disabilities.