| The campaign stretches back fifty years,
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| | including testing accommodations,
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| bringing awareness to the public about
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| | transportation and classroom
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| the role that individuals with
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| | accessibility. Section 504 also
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| disabilities can play in the workplace
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| | prohibited discrimination in the
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| and within society. The origins of the
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| | admissions process based on a student's
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| initiative were to encourage employers to
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| | disability.The scope of protections was
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| not make decisions based on stereotypes,
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| | vastly expanded by the Americans with
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| and to give them equal consideration in
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| | Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The ADA
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| job searches.In 1945, Congress set aside
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| | addressed workplace discrimination,
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| the first week of October as "National
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| | preventing employers from discriminating
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| Employ the Physically Handicapped Week,"
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| | against individuals with disabilities in
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| and later in 1962, they removed the word
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| | hiring practices when the applicant was
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| "physically" to include other
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| | otherwise qualified for the job. It also
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| disabilities. The week was expanded to a
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| | required businesses to take steps to make
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| month-long awareness campaign in 1988.
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| | their facilities accessible to any
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| The campaign was designed not only to
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| | person, within a reasonable cost and
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| address stereotypes, but promote the laws
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| | effort. The Act installed financial
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| that discourage discriminatory practices
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| | penalties for bad faith non-compliance,
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| in hiring and other areas.Section 504 of
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| | but encouraged voluntary compliance
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| the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was the
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| | first.National Disability Employment
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| first law to directly address
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| | Awareness Month is a campaign that is
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| discrimination against individuals with
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| | applicable to all areas of society,
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| disabilities. It was designed to prevent
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| | beyond employment and higher education
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| discriminatory practices by any programs
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| | and into businesses and social
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| or activities that received federal funds
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| | interactions. One of the most important
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| to support their program. That included
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| | concepts that comes out of this awareness
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| employment within the federal government,
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| | is that not all disabilities are
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| and colleges and universities receiving
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| | physical, and not all disabilities are
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| federal funding (financial aid.)Out of
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| | readily detectable when you first meet a
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| Section 504 came the "reasonable
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| | person. It is important, therefore, to
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| accommodation" standard that is common
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| | separate the person from their
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| practice for educational institutions,
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| | disability, to not make assumptions about
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| and now also workplace environments, in
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| | someone based solely upon what you might
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| determining appropriate accommodations
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| | have heard, or see at a glance. One month
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| for persons with disabilities.
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| | of heightened awareness can lead to a
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| Essentially, students with disabilities
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| | year-around support for full inclusion
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| must be provided the same opportunity to
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| | and acceptance.---
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| participate in campus programming, both
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| | Andrew Marx writes articles on topics
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| academic and social. There is a whole
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| | including personal finance and higher
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| range of best practices that apply this
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| | education, emphasizing a practical and
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| standard, dealing with circumstances
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| | informed approach to his ideas.
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