Disability Law

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Disability Law

Introduction

Approximately 19% of U.S. residents have serious health problems, several hundred thousand have the status of persons with disabilities. However, this does not exclude them from the normal. The best-known disabled U.S. is likely to be considered Franklin Roosevelt\Franklin Roosevelt, who suffered from polio and because of that move around in a wheelchair, that does not stop him from becoming one of the greatest U.S. presidents. Today in Washington, the memorial to Roosevelt, who, at the same time, is a monument to all disabled people of America. While many U.S. citizens support the special rights that are endowed with disabilities, some are outraged, calling such privileges as unfair. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court decision\Supreme Court has caused a new wave of controversy. Judges are allowed to professional golfer (disabled) for the game to move from hole to hole on the tiny car, but other players have to walk the distance. The court ruled that the ban on the injustice of the actual game than the injustice that occurs as a result of violations of rules of the game.

The Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities\Americans with Disabilities Act guarantees the equality of disabled people when applying for work when using public transport when visiting public and commercial institutions as well as telecommunications (in this case, the telephone - all the government agencies set up special phone lines for the hearing impaired). In many respects, resembles the law of similar statutes that prohibit discrimination against women, ethnic and sexual minorities, and persons infected with AIDS. By law, buses must have a special seating, which can remove the driver if the bus gets invalid in a wheelchair. For the same bus must be equipped with special lifts. Metro stations should be equipped with elevators. In most state and public buildings have a special flat races, specially designed for wheelchair users. All commercial organizations who attend private clients - banks, restaurants, hotels, and shops - are required to have a race. The only exceptions are private companies that do not have direct contact with customers.

Discussion & Analyses

Another principle of public policy for people with disabilities is the need to not having the devices themselves, but the ability to use the services of a disabled organization or service with the same ease as an ordinary person. For example, if the library is the second floor, it does not have to spend money on lift - but if the disabled person requests a book that is on the second floor, librarians are required to bring it (Colker, Milani & Tucker, 2010). If the restaurant has, for example, three toilets, only one of which has special adaptations that make the toilet accessible to disabled people, it is not necessary to equip all toilets similar devices. Enough to hang a sign, which indicates what a disabled person to use the toilet comfortably. Special laws were passed to protect the rights of deaf and blind. In 1962, Congress passed a special law ...