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Top Skip to main content. Frank H. Serene Part I. Introduction Disability, whatever its cause, except in a few well-defined circumstances, is no longer a legitimate reason to deny a person employment, access to public accommodations, or the opportunity to fully participate in every day life activities.
Within the broad rubrics of disabilities and rehabilitation are concerns for senior citizens and treatments for alcohol and illegal substance abuse. The purpose of this Reference Information Paper RIP; or Paper is to identify records and other materials held by the National Archives and Records Administration NARA; or National Archives that document or elucidate the Federal Government's effort to rehabilitate people with disabilities, or remove barriers so that people despite their disabilities are able to emerge from their places of residence to enjoy the American experience, just like any other American who is unencumbered by a disability.
To fully appreciate the concepts of accommodation at the job site and access or the removal of barriers to public accommodations, one must understand the interrelationship between rehabilitation and the strategic placement of accommodations, such as the allowance of extra time to complete a work project, the adoption of alternative work schedules, the use of assistive technology, or provisions for ramps that permit people using wheelchairs or similar mobility aids to independently enter and exit an area.
In cases where rehabilitation cannot completely restore the function of the body or the use of an arm or a leg, accommodations are necessary to complete the process of rehabilitation, so a person can take part in daily activities to the maximum of his or her abilities and goals. These terms include disability, disabled, handicap, handicapped, rehabilitation, wheelchair, crutches, cane, artificial leg, artificial arm, prosthesis, special education, infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis, polio, cerebral palsy, blind, seeing impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, hearing impaired, mentally ill, mentally retarded, mental illness, mental health, cripple, crippled, aging, elderly, and senior citizen.
