Which of the Following Is True of Discrimination Against the Disabled

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of discrimination against the disabled in the United States?

• A)The Americans with Disabilities Act grants protections to the disabled only in the employment sphere.
• B)Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1975.
• C)Before 1975,four million children with disabilities were getting either no education or an inappropriate one.
• D)Through the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975,Congress required that schools receiving federal funding provide all children,however severe their disability,with a free and appropriate education.
• E)Discrimination against the disabled is among the forms of discrimination prohibited by the Constitution,but has also been strengthened through statutes.

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