Legislative and Regulatory Guidelines and Standards

Question 1

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Answer 1

Title 2 trained recreation workers to work with people with disabilities and provided research money for recreation projects.

Section 304 made money available for demonstrating how to make recreation activities accessible.

Section 502 establish the architectural and transportation barriers compliance board.

Section 504 nondiscrimination under federal grants. This is considered to be landmark legislation for individuals with disabilities and laid the groundwork for the Americans with Disabilities act. It essentially said that a person with disability could not be discriminated against in any program supported with federal money.

Question 2

The Rehabilitation Act of 1978

Answer 2

Section 311 provided grants for operating and where necessary, removing or constructing facilities to demonstrate methods of making recreational activities accessible.

Section 316 provided money to pay for the initiating of new recreation programs to provide activities to assist individuals with mobility and socialization.

Question 3

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997

Answer 3

Behavioral plans must be developed

Transition services needed to be included beginning at age 14

Question 3

The Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

Answer 3

Ensured children with disabilities are free and appropriate education.

Included recreation is a related service defining it as including, assessment of recreation and leisure functioning, leisure education, therapeutic recreation, and recreation in school and community agencies. Because of the inclusion of these services, school districts can hire CTRS and although few districts do, this has become a growing trend in 2016.

Required parents and teachers to write an individualized education plan for all children with disabilities.

Question 4

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990

Answer 4

-Amendments to the education of all handicapped Children Act.

Required more fully the inclusion of children with autism and traumatic brain injury.

Includes transition and assistive technology services.

Question 5

The American with Disabilities Act of 1990

Answer 5

Defines person with a disability as an individual who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, has a record of such an impairment, and is regarded as having such an impairment.

Disability has to result in a substantial limitation of one or more major life activities.

Essentially this is a civil rights law and prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and has changed the way the public Parks and Recreation agency serve people with disabilities.

For primary titles under the ADA:
title I. Employment
title IIA. Government Services
title II B. Like translate public transit
title III. Public accommodation
title IV. Telecommunications

Question 6

Important Websites

Answer 6

Joint Commission
CARF
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
HIPAA