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Legislation

* Americans With Disabilities Act Information
United States Department of Justice's official Americans with Disabilities Act web site, featuring news on regulatory changes and government programs.

* Americans with Disabilities Act: On-Line Information Center
This site is maintained by the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC). It not only provides tremendous amounts of information about the Americans with Disabilities Act, but it also is another excellent starting point for finding information about other disability resources.

*Assistive Technology Warranty Act
Testimony presented to the Illinois General Assembly by K.J. Pierce; includes a copy of the law.

*Civil Rights Act of 1991
To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to restore and strengthen civil rights laws that ban discrimination in employment, and for other purposes.

*National Council on Disability
It is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities.

* National Rehabilitation Information Center: A guide for families of persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
Directory of resources for families dealing with TBI

* Perkins Act
1995 legislation involving vocational education.

*Public Law 90480
Law regarding access to public buildings for the physically disabled.

*Public policy in assistive technology
A review of public laws involving assistive technology.

* Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990
Legislation dealing with Closed Captioning for the hearing-impaired.

* Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1992
A copy of the Act.

*Uniform Duties to Disabled Persons Act
1993 law involving minimul levels of duties for uniformed persons (police officers, medical personnel, etc.) coming in contact with disabled persons.

* University of West Virginia's ADA Document Center
ADA Statute, Regulations, ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines), Federally Reviewed Tech Sheets, and Other Assistance Documents


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