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Lifelong Disability and Aging

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Mental Retardation in the Year 2000

Part of the book series: Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication ((HUMAN LEARNING))

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In the early 1970s, advocacy for equal educational opportunities led to the passage of PL 94–142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. With the implementation of this Act (and its amendments), expectations are that children and adolescents with handicapping conditions can be fully integrated within the mainstream of society’s opportunities and activities. In the late 1970s, revisions to this and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 have done the same for preschoolers and work-age adults, respectively. With the inclusion of disability-related provisions in amendments to the Older Americans Act (PL 100–175), the same expectations have been set for older individuals with lifelong disabilities.

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  1. Matthew P. Janicki
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  1. School of Public Health, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 60680, Chicago, IL, USA

    Louis Rowitz Ph.D.

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Janicki, M.P. (1992). Lifelong Disability and Aging. In: Rowitz, L. (eds) Mental Retardation in the Year 2000. Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9115-9_8

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