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Index AAPD. See American Association of People with Disabilities AARP, 246 ABA. See Applied Behavioral Analysis ABB Lumus Crest et al., Marshall Coleman et al. v., 182 Abbott, Bragdon v., 102 ACB. See American Council of the Blind ACCD. See American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities Access Board, 49, 56–57, 81, 90, 108 accessible taxis, xvi, 152 Access Living (of Chicago), 45, 240, 242 Accommodating the Spectrum of Individual Abilities (Bell and Burgdorf), 46n51 Achieving Independence: The Challenge for the 21st Century , 114n20, 128 ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union acquired immune deficiency syndrome. See AIDS ACRMD. See Association of Children with Retarded Mental Development Act-Up. See AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power ADA. See Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Notification Act, 220, 241 ADA Restoration Act, 218–19 ADA Watch, 218–19 ADAAA. See Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act Adams, Brock, 56 ADAPT. See American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today ADAPT et al. v. Dole, 68 ADAPT v. Burnley, 66n60 ADAPT v. Skinner, 68, 82. See also ADAPT v. Burnley ADHD. See Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder AFB. See American Foundation for the Blind affirmative action, 24, 49, 58, 65, 67, 107, 111–12, 131 Age Discrimination in Employment Act, xx Agent Orange, 176, 178, 180, 182 AHRC. See Association for Help of Retarded Children AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), 89, 91, 102, 125, 128, 134–35, 166–68 AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (Act-Up), 166, 168 Albertsons, Inc. v. Kirkingburg, 103–4 Alexander v. Choate, 67 Alito, Samuel, 218 Allen, Edgar F., 9–10. See also National Easter Seal Society ALS. See amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Alter, Mark, 188, 194 Amazing Race, 235 America Online, 157n36 American Association of Medical Colleges, 253 American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), 246, 248 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 72, 146 American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD), 52–56 American Council of the Blind (ACB): and New York City subway gates, 22–23; contrasted to NFB, 25–26; and Washington lobbying, 105 American Council of the Blind, 246 American Diabetes Association v. California Department of Education, 245 American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (formerly American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit) (ADAPT), 66n60, 82, 104–5, 133, 220–22, 227, 246, 250 American Foundation for the Blind (AFB): and computer technology, 157; and leadership roles for the blind, 15; and talking books, 19; and white cane movement, 21 American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 63 American Public Transit Association (APTA): and Section 504 regulations, 65–66, 83, 85; and Transbus controversy, 56–57 American Sign Language (ASL): and academic interest in, 18; as central to Deaf culture, 27–28; and criticism of Deaf culture, 160; and educating deaf children, 30–35; and Gallaudet uprising, 15; and nonwhite deaf advocates, 30; and Title II public services, 100; and TT/TTY designations, 152 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 216–20, 240, 243, 244, 244n67, 249, 252: criticism of, xxi, 105–9; enactment, xx, 26, 28–29, 89–93, 110, 127; Supreme 310 index Court decisions, 102–5; Titles I–V, 93–102. See also affirmative action; assisted suicide; EEOC Enforcement Guidance; Sears Report Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA), 218–20, 240, 251–52 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 133, 147, 157, 165 Anatomy of an Epidemic: Could Psychiatric Drugs Be Fueling a Mental Illness Epidemic? (Whitaker), 226 Anatomy of Prejudice, The (Young-Bruehl), xix And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Shilts), 168n90 Anderson, Dr. Glen, 247 Anderson v. Kaiser, 252 ANI. See Autism Network International antidepressants, 158 Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), 192, 229n27 Appointment with Dr. Death (Betzold), about Jack Kevorkian, 133n9, 133n11 APRIL. See Associated Programs for Rural Independent Living APTA. See American Public Transit Association APTA v. Lewis, 65–66, 83n35 ARC. See Association of Retarded Citizens Arc, The. See Association of Retarded Citizens Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. See Access Board Arlington School District v. Murphy, 220–21 Armstrong, Wilson v., 103n98 Arnold v. United Artists Theatre Circuit, 79, 97 ASAN. See Autistic Self-Advocacy Network Asch, Adrienne, 145n85, 164, 222n12, 229–30, 229nn28– 30, 230n31–33 Ash, Milton, 217 Ashley X case, 233 Asian and Pacific Island Students Association (Gallaudet), 247 ASL. See American Sign Language assisted suicide: and AIDS activists, 134–35; and euthanasia , 138–41; and pain management, 135–37; severe disability vs. terminal illness, 145–48; and Supreme Court rulings, 133–34 Associated Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL), 223 Association for Help of...

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