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Is the ADA Successful? Indicators for Tracking Gains

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Some disability activists argue that little gain was made by people with disabilities in the twenty years following the controversial reforms of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. This article argues that the same uncertainty cannot be tolerated for the even broader reforms of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Efforts are needed now to establish baseline data for key indicators and to track the indicators over time. The article evaluates indicators for each of the legislative goals in the Americans with Disabilities Act. Nor should analysts ignore assessing the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. A comparison of national studies analyzing longitudinal earnings data collected for federal-state vocational rehabilitation program cohorts before and after full implementation of the Rehabilitation Act reveals that employment and earnings gains were realized by people with disabilities provided job training and placement in that program following the act's reforms.

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  • Frederick C. Collignon, 1997. "Is the ADA Successful? Indicators for Tracking Gains," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 549(1), pages 129-147, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:549:y:1997:i:1:p:129-147
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716297549001010
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    1. David H. Dean & Robert C. Dolan, 1991. "Assessing the role of vocational rehabilitation in disability policy," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(4), pages 568-587.
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