Laws And Dates Flashcards
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TABLE 2.1 REHABILITATION LEGISLATION (continued)
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Rehabilitation Legislation
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The Vocational Rehabilitation Act
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Amendment of 1965
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• Added extended evaluation to the VR process. State VR
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counselors have been permitted to extend the evaluation of the
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employment potential of an applicant with a disability for up to 18
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• Mandated an increase to $3 of federal funds for each state dollar.
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This 75:25 ratio was further increased by legislation in 1968 to
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the federal share is 78.7%
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the remaining 21.3%r
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The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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• Mandated services for people with the most severe disabilities
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• Established the IWRP to ensure joint client-counselor involvement
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throughout the rehabilitation process
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• Implemented CAPs to provide assistance with application and
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advocacy services
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• Established demonstration projects in independent living
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rehabilitation services
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• Increased funding for rehabilitation and disability research and
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established the National Institute of Handicapped Research
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• Mandated program evaluation and guaranteed employment rights
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of people with disabilities through Title V
which included sections
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covering the following:
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- Section 501 (Affirmative Action in Federal Hiring)
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- Section 502 (Enforcement of Accessibility Standards for Federal
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Buildings)
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- Section 503 (Affirmative Action by Federal Contract Recipient)
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- Section 504 (Equal Opportunities)
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The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of
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• Mandated the provision of independent living rehabilitation
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services
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The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of
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• Mandated each state to have a CAP 1984
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The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of
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• Added the provision of rehabilitation engineering services (the
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current term is assistive technology) and established supported
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employment as an acceptable goal for rehabilitation services
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education • Provided free
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Act of 1990
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disabilities. Schools are required to find and evaluate students
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suspected of having disabilities
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special education and related services to qualified students with
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disabilities to meet their unique needs; and prepare them for
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further education
employment
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The Americans with Disabilities Act of
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1990 (fully implemented in 1992)
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Provided the most comprehensive civil rights protections for
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people with disabilities to date. It was the most sweeping disability
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rights legislation in history. See the Americans With Disabilities Act
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section for more details
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The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of
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Advanced the concepts of empowerment
self-determination
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1992
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informed choice at both individual and agency levels
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• Required state VR agencies to establish "qualified personnel"
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standards for rehabilitation counselors as mandated by the
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development of the CSPD within state VR agencies
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CSPD established qualified personnel standards to ensure the
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quality of state federal VR leading to an emphasis on master's
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degree and counselor certification in the delivery of VR services
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(continued
