Contrary to established Court doctrine, the Section regulations that had been issued by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare HEW were given little deference by the Court. Ironically the Court attributed this lack of deference to the fact that HEW had been recalcitrant in issuing the regulations. After the Davis decision it was clear that the Supreme Court needed to be educated on the issue of disability based discrimination and the role that it plays in people lives.
Moreover, it was clear to the disability community that the focus of its efforts in any future Supreme Court litigation must be to reinforce the validity of the HEW regulations. Darrone, U. The issue in Consolidated Rail Corporations was whether employment discrimination was covered by the anti-discrimination provisions of Section In order to educate the court on the pervasive role of discrimination in the un-employment and under-employment of persons with disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund filed an amicus brief on behalf of 63 national, state and local organizations dedicated to securing the civil rights of persons with disabilities.
This amicus brief served not only to educate the courts on discriminatory employment policies and practices, but also to demonstrate to the Court that these issues concern the millions of Americans who were affiliated with the organizations who filed the brief. DREDF also worked very closely with the lawyer representing the disabled person in the lawsuit in order to present to the court the very best legal arguments on the validity of the HEW regulations which had found that employment discrimination was covered by provision of Section The decision in Consolidated Rail Corporation v.
Darrone marked a significant victory for the disability rights community. The court found that employment discrimination was in fact prohibited by Section , but equally importantly the Court found that the regulations issued in by HEW were entitled to great deference by the courts. In , the Court was presented with the issue of whether people with contagious diseases are covered by Section The disability rights community worked closely with the lawyers representing the woman with tuberculous as well as filing numerous amicus briefs in the Supreme Court.
Arline, U. Working on the Arline case also provided a critical opportunity for lawyers in the disability rights community and lawyers in the AIDS community to work closely together and form alliances that would carry through and prove to be critical in the battle to secure passage of the ADA. These legislative victories further advanced the reputation of the disability community and its advocates in Congress.
The respect for the legal, organizing, and negotiations skills gained during these legislative efforts formed the basis of the working relationships with members of Congress and officials of the Administration, that proved indispensable in passing the ADA. Whether by friend or foe, the disability community was taken seriously — it had become a political force to be contended with in Congress, in the voting booth, and in the media.
The ADA, as we know it today, went through numerous drafts, revisions, negotiations, and amendments since the first version was introduced in Spurred by a draft bill prepared by the National Council on Disability, an independent federal agency whose members were appointed by President Reagan, Senator Weicker and Representative Coelho introduced the first version of the ADA in April in the th Congress. The disability community began to educate people with disabilities about the ADA and to gather evidence to support the need for broad anti-discrimination protections.
The diaries served not only as testimonials of discrimination, but also to raise consciousness about the barriers to daily living which were simply tolerated as a part of life. Justin Dart, Chair of the Congressional Task Force on the Rights and Empowerment of People with Disabilities, traversed the country holding public hearings which were attended by thousands of people with disabilities, friends, and families documenting the injustice of discrimination in the lives of people with disabilities.
A room which seated over people overflowed with persons with disabilities, parents and advocates. At the same time, both presidential candidates, Vice President Bush and Governor Dukakis, endorsed broad civil rights protections for people with disabilities. The disability community was determined to assure that President Bush would make good on his campaign promise, and reinvoked it repeatedly during the legislative process. From that moment, the disability community mobilized, organizing a multi-layered strategy for passage.
Discrimination against people with disabilities would not be addressed until when Section of the Rehabilitation Act of became law, and later still in when the ADA was passed. The Civil Rights Act of includes Title VIII which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, and sex in the sale and rental of housing.
The Fair Housing Act was amended in to add two new classes, people with disabilities and families with children. Section of the Rehabilitation Act of prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in federal programs and by recipients of federal financial assistance. Signed into law in by President George H. Bush, this landmark civil rights legislation increases access and opportunity for people with disabilities across community life , including employment.
The EEOC is proud to be a leader in opening doors for people with disabilities. To honor the ADA's 30th anniversary, we have pulled together a variety of resources to provide helpful information about disability rights and responsibilities and how the EEOC is helping people with disabilities in the workplace.
We hope you will use this website as your guide to learning more about the ADA and EEOC's important work, as well as celebrating the progress that has been made to improve the lives of people with disabilities. Disability discrimination occurs when an employer or other entity covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, or the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, treats a qualified individual with a disability who is an employee or applicant unfavorably because she has a disability.
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