The Americans with Disabilities Act

The Americans With Disabilities Act Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the ADA's employment, commercial facilities, and public accommodations provisions as well as coverage of the transportation, communication, and federal, local, and state government requirements.In one comprehensive two-volume set, you'll get a complete analysis of the Act and all the forms and case law you'll need to prepare your case. Recognized ADA authority Henry H. Perritt, Jr., clearly defines statutory and regulatory requirements for public and private employers, commercial facilities and places of public accommodation.

An easy to use reference, The ADA Reference Guide helps readers quickly understand the new requirements of the updated Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG), an issue of concern for both the public and practitioners. Rather than simply presenting the ADAAG, the author enhances understanding of key issue by adding explanations, commentary, and illustrations to help walk the reader through roundabout bureaucratic language. The author, an architect, consults regularly on accessibility issues for clients including design professionals, building owners, and facility managers.

This practical manual offers essential information and guidance for an yone involved with ADA issues in higher education settings. Fundamenta l principles and actual clinical and administrative procedures are out lined for evaluating, documenting, and accommodating a wide range of m ental and physical impairments. Contributors draw upon extensive hands -on experience with managing ADA issues. Throughout, chapters provide helpful diagnostic roadmaps, sample reports, and resource listings. Th e paperback edition features a new preface and an updated chapter on l egal issues, elucidating the practical impact of significant recent Su preme Court rulings.

This report discusses the findings of national surveys that show little evidence of improvement in the economic well-being of Americans with disabilities. Positive and negative findings include: (1) the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities aged 18-64 remained more or less constant, at about 52 percent between 1990 and 1994; (2) the employment rate of people aged 16-64 with work disabilities was also steady at 28 or 29 percent for 1990-1995; (3) four-fifths of employers polled said that they had made accommodations for workers with disabilities, up from 51 percent in 1986; (4) people aged 21-64 with severe functional limitations had an employment rate of 27.6 percent in late 1991 and that rate had risen to 32.2 percent by late 1994; (5) earnings remain significantly lower for workers with disabilities than typical workers; (6) in 1989, 28.9 percent of working-age adults limited in their ability to work lived in poverty and in 1994 the poverty rate was 30 percent; (7) 75 percent of people with disabilities polled said access to buildings has improved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act; and (8) findings indicate that the social participation of people with disabilities remains low.

Keeping Track: National Disability Status and Program Performance Indicators includes a set of statistical social indicators that NCD believes are currently able to measure the progress of people with disabilities in important areas of their life, over time. The report includes 18 indicators determined by stakeholders to measure "quality of life" using both objective and subjective measures. The indicators span a variety of life domains, including employment, education, health status and health care, financial status and security, leisure and recreation, personal relationships, and crime and safety. Collectively they will create a holistic representation of the lives of people with disabilities.

The Annual Disability Status Reports provide policy makers, disability advocates,
reporters, and the public with a summary of the most recent demographic and
economic statistics on the non-institutionalized population with disabilities. They
contain information on the population size and disability prevalence for various
demographic subpopulations, as well as statistics related to employment, earnings,
household income, veterans' service-connected disability and health insurance.
Comparisons are made to people without disabilities and across disability types.