Americans with Disabilities Act 25th Anniversary Timeline - Disability & Employment

Contents

• The Smith-Fess Act
• Works Progress Administration Protests
• Social Security Act
• Randolph-Sheppard Act
• Fair Labor Standards Act Section 14(c)
• Wagner-O’Day Act
• Declaration of “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week”
• President’s Committee on “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week”
• Beginning of National Barrier-Free Standards
• Vocational Rehabilitation Gains Momentum
• Creation of Social Security Disability Insurance
• President’s Panel on Mental Retardation
• Architectural Barriers Act
• Independent Living Movement
• The Rehabilitation Act
• Education for All Handicapped Children Act/Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act
• “Try Another Way” and Supported Employment
• Job Training Partnership Act of 1982
• Transportation as an Employment Support
• Job Accommodation Network
• Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act of 1986
• President’s Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Rehabilitation Act Amendments
• California Hosts First Youth Leadership Forum
• Disability In the Context of Diversity
• Workforce Recruitment Program
• Telecommunications Act
• Work Opportunity Tax Credit
• Mental Health Parity Act of 1996
• Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
• Workforce Investment Act of 1998
• Section 508
• Olmstead Decision
• Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
• Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
• Office of Disability Employment Policy
• Section 508 Self-Evaluation Survey and Report
• Ticket to Work Program
• Assistive Technology Act of 2004
• The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
• Regular Reporting of Disability Employment Statistics
• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Campaign for Disability Employment
• Executive Order 13548—Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities
• Induction of Justin W. Dart Jr. and Helen Keller into Labor Hall of Honor
• ADA Standards for Accessible Design
• Disability Employment Initiative
• Publication of Final Regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008
• Updates to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
• Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities

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