7 results on '"*AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990"'
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2. A brother's memoir.
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Batavia, Mitchell
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CIVIL rights , *EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities , *SPECIAL days , *ACCESSIBLE design , *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Abstract
On the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the author takes stock on what the Act has accomplished thus far and what still needs attention, as he reflects on Andrew I. Batavia's (Drew) discovered memoirs and his life mission as a disability activist. Drew was a person with a spinal cord injury who wrote regulations for the Act. As we celebrate the Act today we need to protect and advance these civil rights now and into the future so that all people can participate more fully in life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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3. The National EEOC ADA research project: History, available data, and basic findings.
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McMahon, Megan C. and McMahon, Brian T.
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ASIANS , *BLACK people , *EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities , *HISPANIC Americans , *NATIVE Americans , *WHITE people , *DATA mining , *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Abstract
BACKGROUND: The National EEOC ADA Research Project (NEARP) is an exhaustive data-mining effort that relies upon the master database used by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to track investigations of workplace discrimination. NEARP investigators seek to develop disability or industry-specific profiles of employment discrimination, explore the contentious issues involved in workplace discrimination, document the interface of disability with other demographics, evaluate extant theories of stigma, and predict EEOC investigatory outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The salient features of the NEARP database are described which themselves reveal new insights into the nature and scope of disability discrimination. METHODS: This is a review article. Abridgment and replication of tables from the NEARP codebook are given along with a description of basic findings from previously published NEARP studies. RESULTS: Summary statistics of a descriptive nature are given to illustrate the basic nature and scope of discrimination including Charging Party and Employer Characteristics, discriminatory Issues or personnel actions, and the types of Outcomes which document case closures and their trends. CONCLUSIONS: NEARP is a research collaborative to which employment and disability researchers are invited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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4. Traumatic Brain Injury and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Implications for the Social Work Profession.
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Cole, Portia L. and Cecka, Dale Margolin
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LABOR laws , *ANTI-discrimination laws , *PREVENTION of employment discrimination , *SOCIAL services , *BRAIN injuries , *DECISION trees , *EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities , *SOCIAL workers , *WORK environment , *PROFESSIONAL practice , *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Abstract
The practice of social work has been greatly affected by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Title I of the statute prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities, including the increasing number of workers who are returning to work after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). This article examines the extent to which the ADA protects those with TBI from being harassed, being denied reasonable workplace accommodations, or suffering other adverse actions related to perceived discrimination. To do so, it relies on judicial decisions from U.S. federal courts involving alleged workplace discrimination of this population. Implications for social work practice are noted with the intent of increasing ADA awareness among professionals providing services to people who meet the criteria for disability under the ADA as well as to those persons who do not. The authors hope to encourage social workers to rely on case law analysis as a mechanism to provide further evidence of the systematic problems faced by people with TBI and thus increase their visibility. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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5. Negotiating reasonable workplace accommodations: Perspectives of employers, employees with disabilities, and rehabilitation service providers.
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Gold, Paul B., Oire, Spalatin N., Fabian, Ellen S., and Wewiorski, Nancy J.
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ACTION research , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *ATTITUDE testing , *FOCUS groups , *GROUNDED theory , *EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities , *INDUSTRIAL relations , *INTERVIEWING , *RESEARCH methodology , *NEGOTIATION , *SENSORY perception , *RESEARCH , *RESEARCH funding , *SOUND recordings , *VOCATIONAL rehabilitation , *DATA analysis , *DISABILITIES , *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990 , *DATA analysis software , *ECONOMICS - Abstract
Providing reasonable workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities has been associated with enhanced job tenure, performance, and satisfaction. However, employers have struggled to effectively meet employee accommodation requests, and few studies have specifically examined how employees and employers negotiate requests. In this exploratory focus group study, we asked three key stakeholder groups - employers, employees with disabilities, and vocational rehabilitation service providers - 'What helps and hinders requesting, negotiating, implementing, and evaluating workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities?' From our grounded theory analysis, we found that, although employers' and employees' perceptions about negotiating accommodations converged in several ways (e.g., employees presenting credible requests to employers to improve job performance), they differed sharply on their expectations of each other (e.g., costs of accommodations versus moral obligations to provide them). Such divergence requires that employers and employees with disabilities should become more aware of each other's perspectives, and more educated about how accommodation requests ought to be managed to improve job retention, reduce turnover costs, and decrease the likelihood of litigation. Based on findings of our small study, we offer a modest recommendation: educational interventions should be specifically tailored to each stakeholder group's roles according to major thematic areas of credibility, trust, and obligations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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6. United States Employment Disability Discrimination Charges: Implications for Disability Management Practice.
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Bruyère, Susanne M., Schrader, Sarah von, Coduti, Wendy, and Bjelland, Melissa
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EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities , *EMPLOYMENT discrimination , *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990 , *MANDATORY retirement , *LABOR policy - Abstract
It is 20 years since the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, yet employment and economic inequities continue for people with disabilities. The purpose of this article is to inform and encourage disability management leading practices to contribute toward reducing these disparities. The approach is an examination of where in the employment process applicants and incumbent employees perceive employment disability discrimination, leading to the filing of charges against an employer. Employment disability discrimination claims filed by individuals over 15 years (1993-2007) with the United States (US) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or state and local Fair Employment Practice Agencies are studied. The authors analyse employment discrimination charges by year, basis (i.e., protected class characteristics, such as disability, age, or race), issue (i.e., actions of the employer, such as discharge, hiring, or harassment), employer characteristics (i.e, size of business and industry sector), and joint filings under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (gender, race/ethnicity, and religious discrimination) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Special attention is paid to where in the employment process people with specific impairments are perceiving discrimination. Implications of these research findings for the practice and administration of disability management and employer policies are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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7. Work Behavior of Older People with Disabilities in the Era of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Lightfoot, Elizabeth and Lum, Terry Y.
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AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990 , *EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities , *METHODOLOGY , *SURVEYS , *OLDER people , *EMPLOYEES - Abstract
This paper explores the correlation between the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the employment participation of people with disabilities. First, it discusses the methodological difficulties in measuring the ADA's impacts. Second, it describes a longitudinal study using Health and Retirement Survey data exploring changes in employment rates and odds of employment during the 1990s for older working-age people with disabilities. The findings show that while older people with disabilities had slightly lower employment rates than older people without disabilities during the 1990s, the odds that older people with disabilities would be employed has increased since the passage of the ADA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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