[DSOSU] Celebrating 50 Years of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 504 [and it's Ohio Roots?]

[Lissner, L. Scott]

The history surrounding the regulations for Section 504 and the protests to get them signed has become fairly well known. Ohio played a significant role in the preface of that history that adds some context
[Photo The OSU marching band (TBDBIL) forming the International access logo (stick figure in a wheelchair) on the field of the Shoe in 2013 for the fortieth anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act]
Description in Alt Tag: Photo fo The OSU marching band, TBDBIL, forming the international access logo (stick figure in a wheelchair) on the field of the Shoe in October of 2013 for the fortieth anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act

The origins of Section 504 can be traced to James Pedley a legislative aide to Ohio’s Representative Charles Vanik.  The Congressman was interested in supporting employment and transportation access for the disabled. Pedley apparently suggested that civil rights legislation to address disability discrimination like for race and sex would address these concerns. Vanik took the suggestion and introduced a bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include disabled people and partnered with Hubert Humphrey who introduced the bill in the Senate.  It stalled in committee over very realistic concerns that opening up the Civil Rights Act to amendments would also open it up to attack.
At the same time the staff of the Senate Subcommittee on the Handicapped was working on the markup of the 1972 Rehabilitation Act.  It is not clear who but someone suggested adding a disability rights provision modeled after Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to  protect people with disabilities from discrimination by the federal government and federal fund recipients.  The suggestion was accepted as a compromise and the provision was added at the end of the 1972 revisions to the Rehabilitation Act as Section 504.  With little discussion, debate, or even notice the section survived conference committee and Nixon’s two vetoes<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-rehabilitation-act-1973__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmu8Z09WVw$> the Bill and was signed into law on September 26, 1973.

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Celebrating 50 Years of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 504
Courtesy of the Great Lakes ADA Center<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.adagreatlakes.org/Publications/Newsletter/__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmuZdUuAiw$>
The Rehabilitation Act was signed into law on September 26, 1973. This national law protects people with disabilities from discrimination by federal employers, agencies and other organizations that receive federal funding. The Rehab Act also established a number of services that still exist to this day such as the state vocational rehabilitation agencies, state independent living centers, and services to students with disabilities in the education system. It also required federal entities to hire employees and contractors with disabilities. The Rehabilitation Act was one of the first federal laws that offered civil rights protections to persons with disabilities and would later become a template for the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) which expanded non-discrimination requirements to employers, state and local governments, businesses, and other covered entities regardless of whether they received federal financial assistance. However, the road to compliance with the Rehabilitation Act has been a long and difficult process. In honor of the disability rights activists who fought for the passing and implementation of the Rehabilitation Act—including one of its most well-known sections, Sec. 504—the Southeast ADA Center<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/adasoutheast.org/__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmsOcSy3kQ$> has developed a unique interview series called Section 504 at 50<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/section504at50.org/__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmuYTJajJA$> which highlights notable disability rights<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/section504at50.org/guests/__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmuSZyGVag$> figures like Lex Frieden, Judy Heumann, Andrew Imparato, and more.
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What is on your disabilty playlist?

  *   Lift Me Up<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmr4H9NpTKk__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmuW1r6bTA$>
  *   Assistive Technology Boogie<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVN9oSynWjg__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmv3uaxIVA$>
  *   Talking Wheelchair Blues<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrVn51bCZRI__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmvFnIBu-g$>:
  *   Fighting<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfNoMJ1GYzM__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmu33StDqA$>
  *   Pride<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/music.youtube.com/tasteprofile__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmtqWUhPuQ$>
  *   Fire in the Rain <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gBhYSW0l9pU__;!!KGKeukY!0XtRf5uloojK1FqQ2vtj8R2LZoMn4HLecNm1QMn5csZEcp6H0yb9hVr7CG-Xrt1WjTuFs7nZtmt0rNpOxQ$>

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