RPSE 500 Exam 1 (With complete solution)

Worker's Compensation Laws correct answers provides medical care for workers who become injured or become ill on the job Smith-Hughes Act 1917 correct answers made federal money available to each state for vocational education programs, created federal board for vocational education Soldier's Rehab Act 1918 correct answers development of a vocational rehab program for veterans with disabilities -one problem was that more people began returning to the US than the program could serve Smith-Fess Act 1920 correct answers provided funding for rehab of people with physical disabilities who were totally or partially incapacitated from occupation Vocational Rehab Act Amendments of 1954 correct answers made major changes to financing provisions 1935 Social Security Act correct answers make more adequate provisions for age persons, blind, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health and administration of their unemployment compensation laws Vocational Rehab Act 1965 correct answers expanded definition of disability to include behavioral disability 1882 Undesirables Act correct answers prevented convicts, paupers, the insane and idiots from entering US Civil Rights Act 1964 correct answers prohibited discrim in hiring, terminating, compensating etc on basis of race, color, religion, gender, origin BUT NOT DISABILITY -created equal employment opportunity commission (EEOC) -served as model of disability rights movement Rehab Act of 1973 correct answers -provides federal assistance to states for operation of vocational rehab programs -prevents employer discrimination by federal employers -laid groundwork for ADA Rehab Act 1973: Section 501 correct answers Affirmative Action in Hiring - federal government as model agency for promoting the recruiting , hiring, and advancing of workers with disabilities Section 502 correct answers Accessibility - US postal must develop accessibility standards -newly leased or lease renewals had to meet accessibility standards