The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Emerging Workforce: Employment of People with Mental Retardation

Portada
AAMR, 1998 - 303 páginas
A pioneering reference for the community of people with mental retardation, their families, employers, lawyers, researchers, and policy makers. Based on empirical research and legal analysis, examines the antidiscrimination protections set out in the US act regarding employment. Especially considers

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Overview of the Volume
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1 Model of Employment Integration and Economic Opportunity
10
Definitions of Employment Discrimination and Disability
13
2
20
Definition of Disability
25
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Central Provisions of ADA Title
29
Simple and Complex Relationships in the Research Model
111
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116
Regression Results
118
Improvers Regressors and Stayers
123
1 Profiles of Employees in 1996
125
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Implications of the Investigations Findings
135
Labor Force Trends and Workplace Accommodations
143

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Reasonable and Effective Workplace Accommodations
39
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Central Provisions of ADA Title
51
4
54
Prior Empirical Study of Employment Integration and ADA Title I
63
9
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The Present Investigations Process of Study
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Participants Data Sources and the Research Model
81
Findings from the Research Model
91
Empirical Findings over Time
97
Sample Sizes
98
Rise in Earned Income During PostADA Title I Implementation
104
Summary
110
Economic Study
153
Study of Workplace Disputes and of Medical and Genetic Testing
161
Health Care and Welfare Reform
173
Conclusion
187
Appendices
193
B Civil Rights Act of 1991
231
EEOC v Hertz Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff EEOC
251
TABLE OF CONTENTS
254
Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act
267
TABLE OF CONTENTS
269
CONDUCT
283
Subject Index
289
Table of Cases
295
About the Author
303
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