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ERIC Number: ED141980
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-May
Pages: 249
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The White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals. Delegate Workbook. Workshop VIII: Special Concerns (2). Civil Rights/Special Populations/Veterans/Aging.
The last of eight delegate workbooks prepared for the May, 1977 White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals contains ballots for the workshop on civil rights, special populations, veterans and aging. The ballots are designed to enable delegates to assign priorities to various issues and proposals in a way that reflects conclusions of state and territorial conferences. The following issues are among those presented: enforcement of antidiscrimination and affirmative action laws; educating handicapped persons about their rights; the import of the right to treatment in the least restrictive environment; ensuring delivery of services and goods to the disabled; changing negative attitudes toward minorities; retaining disabled uniformed military personnel in military service; and housing legislation responsive to the needs of aged handicapped persons. For each such topic, multiple proposals, to which delegates must assign priorities, are listed. For example, the ways suggested to insure legal services to aged mentally handicapped persons include using lawyers from the Vista Attorney's Program, asking retired lawyers to volunteer legal services and providing public guardians to the handicapped aged. (GW)
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