Friday, December 01, 2006

DISABILITY RIGHTS

Society over the years has not changed its attitude towards its disability community. People with disabilities still live on the periphery of life. Even though there are laws on the books gaurenteeing disabled people the right to an education school systems do not comply. For example, making the environment adaptable to the individual. Making sure if a computer would help this student to learn better then providing it.

The Americans With Disabilities Act was writen to gaurentee people with Disabilities the right to gainful employment. Although the doors are open to some extent under this law there is still discrimination. This law gives the individual the right to sue when they feel they are being discriminated against but you still have to prove the discrimination before you can file a lawsuit. This law has been in effect for 14 years. Because of some of the lawsuits, byt people who were not meant to be covered by this law, some of its original ,eaning has been changed or diluted.

The only way people with disabilities will be truly accepted is by changing societies attitudes. The only way to accomplish that is education of the population at large about the different causes of disabilities, how it affects the individual, and learning how to work alongside someone with a disability without fear.

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