American Disability Act Analysis

According to the Center of Disease Control in 2012 there were 19.5 adults in Texas reported having a disability compared with 21.4 in the United States and Territories ("Texas Disability Status Overview," n.d.). Mrs. Jones, will benefit from the American Disability Act laws because she is now considered disabled due to her injuries from the hit and run accident. She will be able to receive assistance from the local transportation office such as MITS and other local transportation services that provide handicap assistance for the disabled. We will also ensure that her home is handicap accessible. Mrs. Jones will have to use a wheelchair and walker temporarily until she improves her range of motions and be able to stand without any assistance.

The purpose of this law is to protect people who are disabled against discrimination in the public. At the time the bill was the focus was on equal rights for people who are disabled in schools, transportation, Technical assistance, and equal employment and to make sure that all commercial facilities are up to date with accommodating people with disabilities. The American Disability Act has been revised several times since 1990, improving the law for those who are disabled people

This law allows a disabled person to be able to work in the workforce and attend school without discrimination. This law is based off the Civil Rights of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. In order to qualify for protection under the ADA law, a person must have mental or physical deficiencies. To prove your case a person must provide evidence of the disability. These act is consistent with the social worker code of ethics because we value self-worth and dignity of a person. Also, as a social worker we want all consumers to become self-sufficient. Other laws work together with this law such as the Social Security Act, it protects the disabled who are not able to work. During the Great Depression Era the government wanted to implement a plan to ensure assistance for the elderly, blind, and unemployed. On August 14, 1935 the late President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law (Ourdocument.gov). Today, many Americans are protected under this law, people with severe mental issues and severe health problems. This law provides medical assistance and payments for anyone disabled.

There has been some revision to the policy in 2008 regarding a disabled person not being able to prove that they need accommodations in the workplace and schools. September