| Description |
191 pages ; 25 cm. |
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Current controversies |
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Current controversies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181) and index. |
| Contents |
Ch.1. Is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) effective? -- Yes, the Americans with Disabilities Act is effective: The ADA safeguards Civil Rights / Tony Coelho -- ADA regulations are reasonable and effective / Janet Reno and Dick Thornburgh -- The ADA can benefit businesses / Mary Lord -- The ADA can prevent discrimination by insurance companies / Monica E. McFadden -- No, the Americans with Disabilities Act is not effective: ADA regulations are unreasonable and ineffective / Edward L. Hudgins -- ADA compliance is too expensive / Brian Doherty -- The ADA defines disability too broadly / James Bovard -- Ch. 2. How should society help the disabled? -- Welfare programs for the disabled should be reformed / Carolyn L. Weaver -- Welfare programs for the disabled should not be cut / Marta Russell -- Home care should be available for the disabled / Ruth Conniff -- Institutions are sometimes necessary / Voice of the Retarded -- Cash grants for disabled children are essential / Mary Somoza -- Cash grants for disabled children have been abused / LynNell Hancock -- |
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Ch. 3. Should disabled children be mainstreamed? -- Mainstreaming: an overview / Susan Chira -- Yes, disabled children should be mainstreamed: Mainstreaming can be effective / Ray Van Dyke, Martha Ann Stallings, and Kenna Colley -- Mainstreaming benefits all students / Diane Haas -- Special education programs have failed / Joseph P. Shapiro, Penny Loeb, David Bowermaster -- Mainstreaming helps disabled children adapt to society / Irene Culver -- Deaf children can benefit from mainstreaming / Edward Dolnick -- No, disabled children should not be mainstreamed: Mainstreaming is not effective / Thomas J. Murphy -- Disabled students disrupt classrooms / Stephen Goode -- Disabled and chronically ill students benefit from homeschooling / Leese Griffith -- Deaf children should not be mainstreamed / Andrew Solomon -- Ch. 4. What medical responses to disability are acceptable? -- Genetic testing can reduce disabilities / Joseph Levine and David Suzuki -- Genetic testing for disabilities is unethical / Marta Russell -- Euthanasia of disabled infants is morally acceptable / Peter Singer -- Euthanasia of disabled infants in not morally acceptable / Richard Fenigsen -- Disabled persons have the right to assisted suicide / Arnold R. Beisser -- Assisted suicide devalues the lives of disabled people / Joseph P. Shapiro. |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Government policy -- United States.
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United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Stalcup, Brenda.
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| ISBN |
1565105303 library binding alkaline paper |
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9781565105300 library binding alkaline paper |
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156510529X paperback alkaline paper |
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9781565105294 paperback alkaline paper |
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