Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: What Has the Blind and Low Vision Community Gained?

Autor/in	Enyart, Stephanie
Titel	Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: What Has the Blind and Low Vision Community Gained?
Quelle	In: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 114 (2020) 1, S.73-76 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-482X
DOI	10.1177/0145482X19901020
Schlagwörter	Civil Rights Legislation; Disabilities; Federal Legislation; Blindness; Visual Impairments; Program Effectiveness; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Testing Accommodations; Independent Living; Access to Information; Norms; Expectation; Equal Opportunities (Jobs) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private law; Bürgerliches Recht; Handicap; Behinderung; Bundesrecht; Blindheit; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Testdurchführung; Testen; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; Selbstverantwortung; Normwert; Expectancy; Erwartung; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf
Abstract	Stephanie Enyart reflects on few key aspects of what the blind and low vision community has gained because of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Although it is true that blind people received individual accommodations before the legal requirements arose, the ADA created a duty to accommodate in many new instances and on a broader range of activities than did prior legislation. As a result, the shift from accommodation as "charity" or "good practice" to "accommodation as a legal requirement" has inspired industries to craft policies and practices that afford equity. As industry has become more inclusive, the collective awareness raised has also changed public sentiment about what it means to have a disability. Thirty years into the existence of the ADA, many of the accessibility requirements have seeped into baseline cultural expectations. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01