The Civil Rights Act Of The United States - 1205 Words

As the American political landscape continued its transformation from generation to generation, the focus of the era was on the best possible implementation of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the interpretation of its language. This focus became a clear codified interpretation in 1990, following the same strain of thoughts as the Civil Rights Act of the 1960’s, advocates of the disabled community lobbied for the equal protections that had been previously granted to racial minorities. In subsequent acts, the disabled constituency had gained protections in 1973 with the amendment of the Fair Housing Act and again in 1988 with the Rehabilitation Act. The final step for equal protections came in 1990 under the 101st†¦show more content†¦With the ever-increasing number of disabled among the population, at 1 in 5 according to the Census Bureau, the responsibility of reasonable accommodations falls to the desks and hands of administrators and busi nesses alike. In this case, the steps toward accommodation that West Chester University makes have a direct beneficial impact on the quality of both education and life of the students that require them. These steps are crucial to counteracting the latent effects of a society and infrastructure tailored to able-bodied persons and architectural and economic efficiency. Additionally, concerning the language of the ADA itself, the main attention for the university falls under Title Three: Public Accommodations, Subpart C, wherein the language specifically mentions schools as having to provide access to goods and services, either by way of the removal of â€Å"barriers† of an architectural nature and â€Å"accessibility† to the aforementioned. (Harkin, 1990) West Chester University’s ongoing attempts to meet the needs of the student body’s various demographics are commendable, but some areas and services should be granted priority due to their more numerous natures’ and relatively minimal cost. Some of the ones being readily addressed are the constraints of and accessibility to various academic buildings on West Chester’s campus. These include but are not limited to: However beneficial these facilitations are to the ongoing process, other more