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Family Village
Laws, Rights & Other Legal Issues
General Issues/Topics:
Specific Legislation: Gives civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion.Prohibits discrimination in air transportation. Requires access to facilities designed, built, altered, or leased with Federal funds. Ensures that the rights of persons in institutions are protected. Allows individuals Ensure that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families have access to services and supports. Guarantees right to a free, appropriate, public education for students with disabilities. Protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs Joint State/Federal health care program for people with disabilities and others. Aims to ensure that mental health benefits offered by group health plans are on par with medical and surgical benefits. Agencies that provide services to people with disabilities also must offer voter registration. Nondiscrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Requires Federal agencies to make their electronic information accessible to people with disabilities. Provides income benefits to individuals with disabilities meeting certain criteria. Provides grants to states for assistive technology programs for individuals who have disabilities. Requires telecommunications products and services to be accessible to people with disabilities. Requires accessibility at registration facilities and polling places for Federal elections. Establishes a national workforce preparation and employment system that must serve customers with disabilities.
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