Orlin M
University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore 21201-1777.
Soc Work. 1995 Mar;40(2):233-9.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, state and local government services, public accommodations, and telecommunications. The act prohibits denying individuals with disabilities the opportunity to participate in a program or service or providing a service that is not equal to or that is different or separate from that given others. This article provides examples of possible barriers to full participation that might exist in social services and gives illustrations of reasonable modifications to increase access. Employers, private and government, profit and nonprofit, must make reasonable physical accommodations for disabled employees, unless such accommodation would cause undue hardship. This article gives examples of reasonable accommodations and undue hardship and discusses the ADA as a resource to clients with mental and physical disabilities and as a framework of protection for agencies serving them.
1990年的《美国残疾人法案》（ADA）禁止在就业、州和地方政府服务、公共住宿以及电信领域基于残疾进行歧视。该法案禁止剥夺残疾人参与项目或服务的机会，或提供与给予其他人的服务不相等、不同或有区别的服务。本文提供了社会服务中可能存在的全面参与的潜在障碍示例，并给出了为增加可及性而进行合理调整的说明。雇主，包括私人和政府、营利性和非营利性雇主，必须为残疾员工做出合理的身体上的便利安排，除非这种便利安排会造成过度困难。本文给出了合理便利安排和过度困难的示例，并讨论了《美国残疾人法案》作为身心残疾客户的资源以及作为为他们提供服务的机构的保护框架的情况。
