A selected bilbiography of materials in the Wirtz Labor Library Collection
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Handicapped
Wage Earners: As Studied by a Family Welfare Agency.New York, 1928.
This text discusses the "selling" of the handicapped to small-minded,
ill-informed employers.
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Employment for
the Handicapped: A Study of Placement Agencies for this Group in New York
City. New York, 1927.
This text is significant because it is an early
example of organized advocacy for the disabled in an era that predates much of
the legislation that supported this overlooked minority. Moreover, like the
previous text, despite its overall humanistic tone, it is peppered with many of
the terms that have become offensive in recent years and in this way shows its
antiquity.
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Disabled Workers in the Labor Market. New Jersey, 1964.
Despite the difference of forty years, this book reflects the same tone as
the La Dame book. It is an analysis of the advocacy groups for the
disabled, and the conditions under which the disabled work if they work at all.
It is interesting to note that this book was published the same year as the
enaction of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a document that is historically
recognized as an early step toward the ADA.
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How to Use
Handicapped Workers. New York, 1946.
This book is primarily a
guide to employers. Despite it's publication date, it has a progressive and forward-thinking tone.
It serves to inform, and to dispel the prevailing myths that surrounded
the employment the handicapped in the forties by interpreting the various
pertinent legislation. It has a section about the various disabilities, their
causes, and the extent to which they impair the worker. It even has a section
called, "We're All Handicapped", that reminds the reader that "nobody's
perfect."
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Jobs for
the Handicapped. California, 1983. HD7256.U52 C2 This is a history of the West San
Gabriel Valley Mayors' Committee for Employment of the Handicapped.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook.
Washington,D.C., 1992
See also, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's
Americans with Disabilities Act home page and Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Barrier
Free Environments. Washington,D.C., 1977.
This book includes a number of
photographs and diagrams of handicap accessible buildings. It not only
includes pictures of ideal environments, but it also includes examples of non-accessible
environments.
See also, the Access Board, an independent Federal agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities.
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Disabled Women in America: A Statistical Report
Drawn from Census Bureau Data. Washington, D.C., 1984.
This Committee evolved into DOL's Office of Disability Employment Policy
in FY2001. See ODEP's Publications and Statistics
About People with Disabilities and Employment.
See also, the Census Bureau's Disability Data.
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See the Library Catalog for additional
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