With findings like this, it is easy to see the viewpoint of opponents of 14(c) as they claim that potential for abuse is extremely high. However, the GAO also found in the same report that “almost all work centers provide a range of support services designed to enable 14(c) workers to obtain and perform their jobs, such as close supervision and transportation services. Many work centers also provide support services that may benefit 14(c) workers outside the workplace, such as speech therapy and psychological counseling” (GAO.gov, 2001). If those employers had to employ all of their current Section 14(c) workers at minimum wage, not only would payroll costs skyrocket, but the work centers would no longer be able to provide additional support (GAO.gov, 2001). Based on this information, it becomes apparent that there has not been any clear assessment of past Section 14(c) policy performance. As mentioned earlier, there are many proponents and opponents of current Section 14(c) legislation, as well as numerous stakeholders involved. Obvious stakeholders are persons with disabilities, their families, and employers who currently utilize a special minimum wage certificate. In addition, there are a number of organizations on both sides. The National Federation for the Blind (NFB); for instance, calls Section 14(c) “discriminatory” and supports legislation that will phase out and eventually repeal it (NFB.org, 2013). On the other hand, ACCSES (Awareness, Community, Collaboration, Empowerment, Support and Success) which represents over 1,200 disability service providers supports greater funding for regulation and enforcement of current Section 14(c) statutes (ACCSES.org). Our community partner for this a... ... middle of paper ... ...ion. Policy option three is similar to option two with regard to policy responsibility, as this alternative would also need action on the part of Congress to pass a bill, as well as action on the part of the President, who would need to sign the bill into law. For this alternative, new wage certificates would cease to be issued immediately. Next, over a three year window every organization holding a wage certificate would see it expire. For-profit organizations would lose their certificates after year one, followed by governmental entities in year two, and non-profits in year three. Lastly, at the end of year three Section 14 (c) would be officially repealed. In order to evaluate each of the three policy alternatives provided above, four evaluative criteria will be used. The evaluative criteria are listed below, followed by a more in-depth explanation:
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Step 4: Examine and categorize the alternatives. Identify those that are consistent and inconsistent with your personal values.
The movement continues to make great strides towards the empowerment and self determination ("Disability rights movement," 2005, p. 3). On the other hand, it has not completely broken down barriers that continue to create the dynamics of oppression among such individuals. For instance, WIOA can be harmful to individuals with disabilities because there are still societal prejudices and biases associated with the stereotypical portrayal of people with disabilities and WIOA has played a role in it. For example, WIOA networks with employers to hire individual’s with disabilities and place them in conventional settings, where they work with others who have disabilities, for example, Walgreen’s and in fact, these participating organizations have also increased their pay. In my opinion, individual’s with disabilities should be able to work with individuals who are not disabled, as well. Furthermore, pay for those individuals who are still considered to be in “sheltered” work programs have not received an increase in pay. Additionally, according to my studies, in 2012, less than 30 percent of Florida’s civilians with disabilities between age 18-64 living in the community were employed. There is a greater priority focused on young people who are disabled. This is an additional issue in my opinion which can be considered discrimination, because, the focus leaves out middle aged individuals as well as,
“Minimum wage increases often lead to employers replacing disadvantaged adults who need a job with suburban teenagers who do not.” says James Sherk. Currently, minimum wage earners are seven times more likely to be teenagaers instead of adults. In fact, half of the 3.8 million people employed in minimum wage jobs are under the age of twenty-five (Furchtgott-Roth). Many people use minimum wage jobs as a ...
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For the last four decades, the House of Congress has been crucial is putting in place quite a number of civil rights laws that aim at eliminating discrimination in all educational programs as well as all those activities that receive federal financing. The statutes include: Title VI (which prohibits race, national origin, color, and discrimination); Title IX of (Education Amendments of 1972 which seeks to ban sex discrimination in learning institutions); Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 that prohibits discrimination against disable people in public contexts: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which also forbids discrimination against disability); and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 that is meant to discourage ageism. These civil rights laws embodies a nation-wide commitment to end all forms of discrimination in the education system (Anderson & Cheslock, 2004). Such laws have been designed to assist in the delivery of the dream of the American forefathers, that all individuals, notwithstanding their age, race, color or religion should be given a chance to achieve their greatest potential.
The Disability Discrimination Act of 1995 set out to end the discrimination people with disabilities encounter. The Act gave disabled people the right to employment, access to goods, facilities, and services and the right to buy and rent land and property. These rights came into force in December 1996, making treating a disabled person less favorably than an able-bodied person unlawful. Further rights came into force in October 1999, including the idea that service providers should consider making reasonable adjustments to the way they deliver their services so that people with a disability can use them. (The DDA...) However, despite these
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 came about to prevent discrimination against disabled people. The act was designed to overturn some negative Supreme Court decisions that had been made since Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act was passed. Section 504 was the first major legislation to define disabled people as a class. This Act gave wide protections to disabled people as a whole rather than individual disability. However, over the next 15 years the Supreme Court washed many of the protections away. The disabled community worked together to bring public awareness to the issue of discrimination and access to public areas that disabled people faced. After many years and many demonstrations, the disabled community was able to get the public aware of the issue and made it one of the pivotal issues of the presidential campaign in 1988. One of the major contributing factors to its passage was the Capital Crawl that occurred in 1989 when a...
The Americans with Disabilities Act, TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE U.S.C. § 12101 - 12117 et seq. (Author 1990 ).
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This act established old age benefits and funding for assistance to blind individuals and disabled children and the extension of existing vocational rehabilitation programmes. In present day society, since the passage of the ADA (American with Disabilities Act of 1990) endless efforts of the disability rights movement have continued on the focus of the rigorous enforcement of the ADA, as well as accessibility for people with disabilities in employment, technology, education, housing, transportation, healthcare, and independent living for the people who are born with a disability and for the people who develop it at some point in their lives. Although rights of the disabled have significantly gotten better globally throughout the years, many of the people who have disabilities and are living in extremely undeveloped countries or supreme poverty do not have access nor rights to any benefits. For example, people who are in wheelchairs as a transportation device have extremely limited access to common places such as grocery stores, schools, employment offices,
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Every day in America, a woman loses a job to a man, a homosexual high school student suffers from harassment, and someone with a physical or mental disability is looked down upon. People with disabilities make up the world’s largest and most disadvantaged minority, with about 56.7 million people living with disabilities in the United States today (Barlow). In every region of the country, people with disabilities often live on the margins of society, deprived of some of life’s fundamental experiences. They have little hope of inclusion within education, getting a job, or having their own home (Cox). Everyone deserves a fair chance to succeed in life, but discrimination is limiting opportunities and treating people badly because of their disability.
...ate and local government. The government will protect and defend people with disabilities’ right against discrimination, but the law contradicts itself by pushing standard measures to ensure the prevention of a baby with a disability to be born.