It's a homework assignment and I cant seem to find it on goolge.com or ask.com so could someone tell me what the Federal government is doing for Disabled Americans?
2007-10-31 05:04:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ People with Disabilities
Definitely not enough.
2007-11-01 05:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Federal Government wants everyone to believe that they are doing a lot for the disabled but they are not. The ADA of 1990 has so many holes in it that the ADA might as well not exist. The ADA is a load of sh*t and nothing else but a load of sh*t. For the Federal Government to have a law that dates back to 1938 allowing employers to pay the disabled workers below minimum wage should say something about the strength of the ADA, or in this case the lack of it.
2007-10-31 07:39:46 · answer #2 · answered by Whatever 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Directly, the Federal Government follows the rules and hires a greater proportion of blind people, etc., than does private industry. The local IRS office in Dallas as about 30 blind people on the phones giving tax help and tracking deadbeats.
Indirectly, the ADA results in accessible curbs and ramps to public buildings for wheel chair users and transit solutions with lifts on buses and special services for people who can not drive and can not reach their destination due to vision, physical or cognative limitations and need to be delivered to the door while not being able to afford a taxi every time.
2007-10-31 07:22:35 · answer #3 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the federal government doing for disabled Americans? not much.
2007-11-01 11:40:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
really not much i help my mom and dad who are both disabled.. they get 1500 a month too live on there rent is 950 a month plus they pay bills gas for there car too get too doctors food insurance thats really not much. i help them im buying heating oil tryen too pay for my brother too go too a doctor he has glucoma .. hasnt been too his doctor in 3 years broke his glasses 2 years ago he cant see hardly at all. i got alot on my plate.. but still im tryen too help as much s i can.. i dont ask no one too help cause then they think your a charity case.. no the goverment spends billions of dollars on what they wanna and the disabled are forgotten ..im not asking them for nothing because ill do what i have too for my family ..... my dad had a heart valve replacement and a stroke. my mom has rumatiod arthuritus sence she was 27 years old she walked on a cane now shes in a wheelchair and has osteoperosis.. its hard but ill make it because if they can live through all that ill live through this.. my sister is going too community college so maybe some good will come out of all this mess lol
2007-11-02 03:04:10 · answer #5 · answered by starglowshady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has been help in the past, but lately they have forgotten about the disabled and the elderly. They are closing programs down at the Mental Health and Metal Retardation Center that I work for. They need our help.
2007-10-31 18:07:10 · answer #6 · answered by Third_Hunter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the American's with Disability Act or ADA.
2007-10-31 05:21:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about America,but the Australian Govt is doing almost nothing for disabled persons.
I am a permanently physically long term disabled Australian and know what I am talking about.
2007-11-01 05:34:42 · answer #8 · answered by starone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Currently not much. Our current Administration seems ot be more concerned about waging war than the well being of American Citizens.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7026454.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6421505.stm
2007-10-31 11:55:13 · answer #9 · answered by Yahoo Sucks 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I know as far as fair employment the state of Virginia's doing poorly.
2007-10-31 15:35:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋