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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED141980 AUTHOR:
TITLE: The White House Conference on Handicapped
Individuals. Delegate Workbook. Workshop VIII: Special
Concerns (2). Civil Rights/Special
Populations/Veterans/Aging.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1977
NOTE: 249 p.; For related documents, see EC 101 186 through
EC 101 192
ABSTRACT: The last of eight delegate workbooks prepared for
the May, 1977 White House Conference on Handicapped
Individuals contains ballots for the workshop on civil
rights, special populations, veterans and aging. The
ballots
are designed to enable delegates to assign priorities to
various issues and proposals in a way that reflects
conclusions of state and territorial conferences. The
following issues are among those presented: enforcement of
antidiscrimination and affirmative action laws; educating
handicapped persons about their rights; the import of the
right to treatment in the least restrictive environment;
ensuring delivery of services and goods to the disabled;
changing negative attitudes toward minorities; retaining
disabled uniformed military personnel in military service;
and housing legislation responsive to the needs of aged
handicapped persons. For each such topic, multiple
proposals, to which delegates must assign priorities, are
listed. For example, the ways suggested to insure legal
services to aged mentally handicapped persons include using
lawyers from the Vista Attorney's Program, asking retired
lawyers to volunteer legal services and providing public
guardians to the handicapped aged. (GW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Conferences-; Policy-Formation; Workshops-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Civil-Rights; *Handicapped-Children;
*Minority-Groups; *Needs-Assessment; *Older-Adults;
*Veterans-
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