Add to ORKGHistorically, discrimination against persons with physical or mental disabilities has been the general rule rather than the exception. The Athenians put deaf children to death, and the practice of exposing such children reportedly had the approval of Aristotle and Plato. In the Middle Ages, when handicapped persons were not imprisoned, they were driven from cities to wander through rural areas. Traditionally, Western societies have treated handicapped persons little differently than criminals, drunks, or slaves and have, in the past, imprisoned them when their only crime was their inability to support themselves
No otherwise qualified handicapped student may be discriminated against solely on the basis of the h...
With the benefit of these years of hindsight, the purpose of this Article is fourfold: (1) To explor...
This Article focuses on the constitutional rights of persons with severe disabilities, arguing that...
While the Rehabilitation Act defines a handicapped individual,\u27\u27 neither the language of sect...
Preface to symposium: Recent legislative recognition of the problems encountered by handicapped peop...
The legal aspects of the plight of the handicapped have recently received a great deal of attention ...
In an effort to advance the rights of handicapped people to use mass transportation, the Department ...
History is replete with manifestations of discrimination against handicapped individuals. Employment...
Barnes v. Converse College, 436 F. Supp. 635 (D.S.C. 1977). In the 1960\u27s, a political and legal...
It can be difficult for an employer or a recipient of federal funds to determine exactly what types ...
This Article argues that the employment problems of the handicapped are not well-suited for treatmen...
The British Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) marks an important turning point in the history of d...
This document was developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, OSEP #HD326D160001....
Congress\u27 intention of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was to eradicate discrimination based on ha...
SINGLE STROKES of the government\u27s pen can seldom alone accomplish social goals. To insure vitali...
No otherwise qualified handicapped student may be discriminated against solely on the basis of the h...
With the benefit of these years of hindsight, the purpose of this Article is fourfold: (1) To explor...
This Article focuses on the constitutional rights of persons with severe disabilities, arguing that...
While the Rehabilitation Act defines a handicapped individual,\u27\u27 neither the language of sect...
Preface to symposium: Recent legislative recognition of the problems encountered by handicapped peop...
The legal aspects of the plight of the handicapped have recently received a great deal of attention ...
In an effort to advance the rights of handicapped people to use mass transportation, the Department ...
History is replete with manifestations of discrimination against handicapped individuals. Employment...
Barnes v. Converse College, 436 F. Supp. 635 (D.S.C. 1977). In the 1960\u27s, a political and legal...
It can be difficult for an employer or a recipient of federal funds to determine exactly what types ...
This Article argues that the employment problems of the handicapped are not well-suited for treatmen...
The British Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) marks an important turning point in the history of d...
This document was developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, OSEP #HD326D160001....
Congress\u27 intention of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was to eradicate discrimination based on ha...
SINGLE STROKES of the government\u27s pen can seldom alone accomplish social goals. To insure vitali...
No otherwise qualified handicapped student may be discriminated against solely on the basis of the h...
With the benefit of these years of hindsight, the purpose of this Article is fourfold: (1) To explor...
This Article focuses on the constitutional rights of persons with severe disabilities, arguing that...