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In reply to the discussion: Schools must provide sports for disabled, US says [View all]FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)While I applaude the new directive, many of us thought this was settled long ago:
The 1973 Rehabilitation Act
Section 504 states that "no qualified individual with a disability in the United States shall be excluded from, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under" ANY program or activity that either receives Federal financial assistance."
and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1975-
"requires public schools to make available to all eligible children with disabilities a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their individual needs."
Full civil rights was the promise as well of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, signed by GHW Bush.
That dream - of full civil rights for people with disabilities- is anther little step closer with this announcement, perhaps.
It is a shame and a missed opportunity that Obama didn't add that group to his inaugural speach of "Seneca Falls, Selma, and Stonewall"