Three Facts about Barack Obama and Disabilities
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Barack Obama will provide educational opportunities to Americans with disabilities:
Obama and Biden will fight to provide students with disabilities the public education they have a right to, invest in early intervention programs, improve college opportunities, and support universal screening of infants.
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End workplace discrimination and promote equal opportunity:
Obama and Biden will restore the Americans with Disabilities Act, reducing workplace and labor market discrimination against people with disabilities.
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Support independent, community-based living for Americans with disabilities:
Obama and Biden will ensure people with mental or functional disabilities are placed in community settings when appropriate.
Plan to Empower Americans with Disabilities
Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan
Barack Obama and Joe Biden's comprehensive agenda to empower individuals with disabilities fits in with the campaign's overarching message of equalizing opportunities for all Americans.
In addition to reclaiming America's global leadership on this issue by becoming a signatory to -- and having the Senate ratify -- the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the plan has four parts, designed to provide lifelong supports and resources to Americans with disabilities. They are as follows:
First, provide Americans with disabilities with the educational opportunities they need to succeed.
Second, end discrimination and promote equal opportunity.
Third, increase the employment rate of workers with disabilities.
And fourth, support independent, community-based living for Americans with disabilities.
For More Information about Barack's Plan
Read the Full Plan
Read the plan on Autism Spectrum Disorders
