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  2. Category : People from Georgia (country) with disabilities

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:People from Georgia (country). It includes People from Georgia (country) that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.

  3. List of physically disabled politicians - Wikipedia

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    Graham Edwards, member of the House of Representatives (lost both legs during the Vietnam War) John Hyde, member of the House of Representatives (lost an arm in a farming accident) George Maxwell, member of the House of Representatives (deteriorating eyesight, eventually went blind) Gregor McGregor, senator for South Australia (deteriorating ...

  4. Disability in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The modern consensus on disability within governmental, medical, sociological realms in the United States is that it includes impairments that either physically or mentally incapacitate individuals from engaging in significant life activities, or the perception of possessing such an impairment. [6] [7] For instance, in a 2013 study, the Centers ...

  5. What People with Disabilities Wish Those Outside the ... - AOL

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    One in four adults in the U.S. has a disability, including 10% percent of people who live with an "invisible" disability.And yet, the Americans with Disabilities Act, a long overdue law that ...

  6. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1977 – The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act (AB 846), also known as the Lanterman Act, is a California law, initially proposed by Assemblymember Frank D. Lanterman in 1973 and passed in 1977, that gives people with developmental disabilities the right to services and supports that enable them to live a more independent and normal life ...

  7. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - Wikipedia

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    Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is American legislation that guarantees certain rights to people with disabilities. It was one of the first U.S. federal civil rights laws offering protection for people with disabilities. [ 1] It set precedents for subsequent legislation for people with disabilities, including the Americans with ...

  8. Olmstead v. L.C. - Wikipedia

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    Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities. The Supreme Court held that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals with intellectual disabilities have the right to live in the community rather than in institutions if, in the words of the opinion of the Court, "the State's ...

  9. ADA Amendments Act of 2008 - Wikipedia

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    Disability. The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325, ADAAA) is an Act of Congress, effective January 1, 2009, that amended the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and other disability nondiscrimination laws at the Federal level of the United States. [ 1]

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