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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED224875 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Civil Rights Issues of Handicapped Americans: Public
Policy Implications. A Consultation Sponsored by the United
States Commission on Civil Rights (Washington, DC, May 13
14, 1980).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
NOTE: 699 p.; Parts of this document may not reproduce well
due to small type.
ABSTRACT: This volume contains the texts of 40 statements,
22 exhibits, and 5 unsolicited papers presented at a
consultation dealing with the public policy implications of
various civil rights issues affecting handicapped Americans.
Among those issues addressed in the statements are the
following: the nature and scope of civil rights issues
affecting the handicapped; federal initiatives that address
these issues; employment and the handicapped in the public
sector; the employment of disabled people in the private
sector; social services, constituency and advocacy, and
state action for handicapped persons; physical facilities
and handicapped individuals; and transportation for
handicapped persons. Various public and private sector
agencies and organizations were represented at the hearing,
including the American Coalition of Citizens with
Disabilities, Inc.; the Department of Justice; American
Telephone and Telegraph Company; Mainstream, Inc.; the
Department of Labor; the Department of Health and Human
Services; the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; the
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing; the
Minnesota Department of Human Rights; the University of
Maryland; the Disabled American Veterans; the Center for
Independent Living, Berkeley, California; Barrier Free
Environments, Inc.; and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. A 19-page bibliography concludes the report.
(MN)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Court-Litigation;
Employment-Practices; Facility-Requirements; Government
Role; Social-Services; Transportation-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Accessibility-for-Disabled; *Civil-Rights;
*Disabilities-; *Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; *Individual
Needs; *Public-Policy
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