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  2. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1909 – Clifford Whittingham Beers founded the "National Committee for Mental Hygiene", now named "Mental Health America", to reform the treatment of the mentally ill. 1910 – State v. Strasburg, 110 P. 1020 (Wash. 1910), was a case decided by the Washington Supreme Court that held that a statute eliminating the insanity defense was ...

  3. Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984

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    The Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984 was signed into law by then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan on 9 October 1984. Its purpose was to ensure more accurate, consistent and uniform disability determination decisions under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program, and to ensure that applicants were treated fairly and humanely. [1]

  4. Disability treatments in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Attitudes toward disability in 19th-century America shifted due to a reclassification of criteria for a disability that began in Europe with Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol, [12] as well as the effects of the Second Great Awakening, a Protestant religious revival that produced reforms on several fronts, which included the treatment of the ...

  5. The Cost of Living With a Disability in America - AOL

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    Thirty+ years after G.H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, four Americans with disabilities reflect on the struggle to secure a financial future.

  6. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    The History of the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Movement Perspective. Available online at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund website; O'Brien, Ruth, ed. Voices from the Edge: Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act. New York: Oxford, 2004. ISBN 0-19-515687-0; Pletcher, David and Ashlee Russeau-Pletcher.

  7. California bill would give cash to people with disabilities ...

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    Californians with disabilities would receive a new savings account with $250 in it, under a bill introduced by Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, and sponsored by California State Treasurer Fiona Ma.

  8. Disability in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. New bill aims to improve transparency around disability ... - AOL

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    Story at a glance A new bill introduced by Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb) aims to increase transparency around disability-related complaints for air travel passengers. Data ...