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“Disability Rights are Civil Rights”: Webcast and Text Now Available
Tags:Disability, Employment, PolicySenator Richard Durbin (D-IL), one of the original co-sponsors of the Americans with Disabilities Act, delivered a powerful, thought-provoking, and entertaining speech about the employment of people with disabilities at the Fourth Annual Tony Coelho Lecture in Disability Employment Law & Policy. Senator Durbin’s speech included a call for the federal government to do more, and a discussion of the importance of the ADA Restoration Act.
Key points include:
- the incease of wounded veterans
- the stagnant employment rates for adults with disabilities
- case law that has eroded the vision of the ADA
Watch the webcast or read the text of the the speech at the Coelho Lecture’s web site.
