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The law defined the relatively new term "developmental disability" to include specific conditions that originate prior to age 18, are expected to continue indefinitely, and that constitute a substantial handicap. [2] These conditions included intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and dyslexia. [2]
There are two pieces of legislature in the United States that have this name. One is H.R. 4920, which was passed by the House on July 26, 2000 but subsequently died in the Senate.
A broad bipartisan coalition of legislators supported the ADA, while the bill was opposed by business interests (who argued the bill imposed costs on business) and conservative evangelicals (who opposed protection for individuals with HIV). [3] The final version of the bill was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush.
Disability rights advocates Patrisha Wright of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and Evan Kemp Jr. (of the Disability Rights Center) led an intense lobbying and grassroots campaign that generated more than 40,000 cards and letters. After three years, the Reagan Administration abandoned its attempts to revoke or amend the ...
The Iowa House has approved a plan to overhaul the state's mental health and disability service systems, combining them and trimming 32 regions to 7. ... The bill passed the House Tuesday on a ...
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 ...
Rosa's Law [1] is a United States law which replaced several instances of "mental retardation" in law with "intellectual disability".The bill was introduced as S.2781 in the United States Senate on November 17, 2009, by Barbara Mikulski (D-MD).
The bill would also end a second provision that reduces Social Security benefits for those workers' surviving spouses and family members. The WEP impacts about 2 million Social Security ...