Description
Former Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and disability rights activist Judy Heumann talked about the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which the former senator authored and co-sponsored, and the legislation’s impact on lives of Americans with disabilities, the small business community and education.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Clip 1: Describe Sen. Harkin's (D-IA) introduction of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Why do you think he presented it this way?
- Clip 2: Why does former Sen. Tom Harkin state that the ADA is considered to be landmark legislation?
- Clip 2: Explain Judy Heumann's position on life before and after the ADA.
- Clip 2: Describe her own experiences prior to passage of the ADA.
- Clip 2: How did Sen. Tom Harkin become involved in this movement?
- Clip 3: Explain how this legislation evolved over time as Sen. Harkin describes.
- Clip 3: What were some of the outside influences that impacted passage of the ADA?
- Clip 4: What do Titles 1, 2 and 3 of the ADA cover?
- Clip 4: Explain the significance of standards as Judy Heumann and Sen. Harkin discuss. How does this relate to people with disabilities seeing themselves in employment?
- Clip 4: How does this relate to people with disabilities seeing themselves in employment?
- Clip 5: Explain the impact the ADA had on education as Sen. Harkin discusses.
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Advocate
- Civil Rights Act
- Disability
- Discriminate
- Down Syndrome Accommodations
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
- Integration
- Prejudice
- Section 504