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The rise of a new eugenics
The rise of the eugenics movement resulted in policies not only to institutionalize person with disabilities but also to sterilize them.
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FDR
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the first president with a disability, was a great advocate for the rehabilitation of people with disabilities.
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World War II
In the 1940s and 1950s, disabled World War II veterans placed increasing pressure on government to provide them with rehabilitation and vocational training. World War II veterans made disability issues more visible to a country.
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1972 Rehabilitation Act
This act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs run by federal agencies; programs that receive federal financial assistance; in federal employment; and in the employment practices of federal contractors.
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Americans with Disabilities Act
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. Link text(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe57US4O-tU -
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