Employment, Disability and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Issues in Law, Public Policy, and Research (Psychosocial Issues) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081011688X ISBN 13: 9780810116887

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2000

Synopsis

The Americans with Disabilities Act was heralded by its congressional sponsors as an ""emancipation proclamation"" for people with disabilities and as the most important civil rights legislation passed in a generation. This book offers an assessment of what has actually occurred since the ADA's enactment in 1990. In empirically based articles, contributors from the fields of law, health policy, government, and business reveal the unsoundness of charges from the right that the ADA will bankrupt industry, and assumptions on the left that the ADA will prove ineffective in helping people with disabilities enter and remain in the workforce.

About this title

About the Author

Peter David Blanck is a professor of law, psychology, and preventive medicine at the University of Iowa. His publications include Genetic Discrimination and the Employment Provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Emerging Legal, Empirical, and Policy Implications; Interpersonal Expectations: Theory, Research, and Applications; and Nonverbal Communication in the Clinical Context.

Edition details

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081011688X
• ISBN 13: 9780810116887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Blanck Peter