Poor Relief Act 1601

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Throughout history the government has passed legislation that impacts people with disabilities. Those acts and laws created exist only to improve people’s standards of living. The Poor Relief Act of 1601 was extremely important because it was the first piece of legislation that tried to help people with disabilities. In this act, the government was basically recognizing that they had a responsibility with people with disabilities. Even though this was in England and it actually did not work, it has great significance because it was the first step. The Smith Hughes Act of 1917 was established to create vocational education for disabled veterans. This Act is valuable because during the 1900s many veterans were disabled due to war, so this legislation