CRS Report for Congress: Disabled Persons: State Laws Concerning Accessibility and Discrimination
- Identifier:
- s-leg_553_001_007
- Contributing Institution:
- Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Title:
- CRS Report for Congress: Disabled Persons: State Laws Concerning Accessibility and Discrimination
- Date Created:
- 1989-07-03
- EDTF:
- 1989-07-03
- Creator:
- Wolfe, M. Ann
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- reports
- Collection:
- Robert J. Dole Senate Papers-Legislative Relations, 1969-1996
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=23&q=
- Description:
- This report surveys and discusses the statutes in the fifty states and the District of Columbia which concern accessibility of buildings, transportation and public accommodations for disabled persons along with the right of disabled persons to be accompanied by a guide dog within all of these facilities. In addition, laws prohibiting discrimination of disabled persons in the areas of employment, public accommodation and transportation were examined.
- Policy Area:
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Names:
- Library of Congress. Legislative Reference Service. American Law Division
- Topic:
- Local transit accessibility, Barrier-free design, Discrimination against people with disabilities, Employment, People with disabilities, Discrimination in public accommodations
- Congress:
- 101st (1989-1991)
- Physical Location:
- Collection 003, Box 553, Folder 1
- Location Represented:
- Arkansas (state), Indiana (state), Illinois (state), Idaho (state), Oregon (state), California (state), Texas (state), New Hampshire (state), Kentucky (state), New York (state), New Jersey (state), Alaska (state), District of Columbia (national district), Montana (state), South Dakota (state), Colorado (state), Maine (state), Alabama (state), Washington (state), Iowa (state), Hawaii (state), Rhode Island (state), Nebraska (state), North Dakota (state), Tennessee (state), Wyoming (state), West Virginia (state), Vermont (state), Missouri (state), Florida (state), North Carolina (state), Michigan (state), Connecticut (state), Mississippi (state), Delaware (state), Virginia (state), New Mexico (state), South Carolina (state), Ohio (state), Pennsylvania (state), Maryland (state), Utah (state), Kansas (state), Nevada (state), Minnesota (state), Arizona (state), Georgia (state), Louisiana (state), Wisconsin (state), Massachusetts (state)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 24 Pages
- Publisher:
- Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress
