Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard began stepping up its programs for the handicapped in 1977 after the Congress passed tighter regulations forcing greater access for the handicapped to facilities financed in part by federal funds. The legislation stated that no individual, "solely by reason of his handicap, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of" any activity receiving federal funds...
Bouncing back to the winner's circle at a wonderful canter, Shoemaker misted like an old golfer (Shoe is a 12 handicap). "Old Jack Nicklaus did it," he said, "and I did it too. I thought that I might have one more chance to win the Derby. When Charlie showed me this big juicy colt last year, he told me, 'Here's one I'm going to save for you. We might have some fun with him.' " The British beer guzzler Bold Arrangement took a lovely second and hurried away with a foaming head to the 205-year-old "real...
Objections to the policy prompted the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) to begin an investigation into whether the ordinance ran contrary to state civil rights laws forbidding discrimination on the basis of handicap. MCAD officials say that because AIDS is regarded as a handicap, its victims should be protected by state civil rights laws...
...very excited to see that [Cambridge has] revoked the policy," said Kathleen M. Allen, one of three MCAD commissioners. "There is nothing about AIDS and the AIDS virus that indicates that it should be treated any different then any other handicap...
...battered agency, the Administration brought back a former NASA administrator: James Fletcher, 66, leader of NASA from 1971 to 1977 and a physicist who headed a commission that urged Ronald Reagan to develop a Star Wars defense against missiles. The mild-mannered Fletcher comes to the post with one handicap: he has accused the Rogers commission of being engaged in a "witch-hunt...