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Topic Snapshot: Federal Legislation/Policies
AT Act Legislation
- The Assistive Technology Act of 1998 as amended (2004) -- Available formats: pdf rtf
Public Law 108-364 amends the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 to support programs of grants to States to address the assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes. - Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988, as Amended (1994) -- Available formats: html
Public Laws 100-407 and 103-218 - Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1998 as Amended in 1994. - Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 1988 (1988) -- Available formats: html
Legislation. Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 1988
Reports
- Annual Report to Congress on the Assistive Technology Act, as Amended for Fiscal Year 2006 (2009) -- Available formats: pdf word
This report contains information about the history of the AT Act, Section 4 on the Statewide AT programs, and Title 3 on the Alternative Financing Programs. - Blueprint for the Millennium: An Analysis of Regional Hearings on Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities (Fall 1998) -- Available formats: pdf rtf
The Blueprint was developed from testimony presented at public hearings in 1998. the hearing, held by NIDRR, solicited testimony on issues affecting appropriate and timely access to AT, universal design, transportation, telecommunications, and consumer products.
Teleconferences
- A Year in Review: FY 2009 Data for Statewide AT Programs and AFPs - October 4, 2010 (2010) -- Available formats: rtf mp3 ppt
Rob Groenendaal from RSA and Diane Golden from NISAT discuss the national data generated by statewide AT programs and AFPs this past year. They look at trends from FY 2007 to the FY 2009 data.
Sample Documents
- State Flexibility in Use of Grant Awards (2006) -- Available formats: rtf
This document is used by the Minnesota STAR Program when it trains its advisory council on the AT Act of 2004. - Summary of AT Act of 1998, as Amended (2006) -- Available formats: rtf
This summary of the AT Act is used as part of the Minnesota STAR Program's training of its advisory council - Training- AT Act for Advisory Council (Minnesota and ATAP) (2006) -- Available formats: ppt
These slides provide an overview of the AT Act.
Other Legislation
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) (2001) -- Available formats: external
This law prepares teachers to use educational and assistive technology. ESEA was originally authorized in 1965 for five years and had been reauthorized every five years since. Called the "No Child Left Behind" Act of 2001, the enactment of this legislation is accompanied by the largest dollar increase ever in federal education aid. - Section 508 Standards Final Regulations (June 21, 2001) (2001) -- Available formats: external
Under these standards, published by the U.S. Access Board, the federal government must ensure that electronic and information technologies (E&IT) is accessible when it develops, procures, maintains, or uses such technology. The standards were first published on December 21, 2000 and went into effect on June 21, 2001. - Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (TWWIIA) - Final Regulations (2001) -- Available formats: txt
On December 28, 2001, the Social Security Administration (SSA) published final regulations implementing the "Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program" (the Ticket to Work program) authorized by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. The Ticket to Work program provides Social Security disability beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with disabilities with expanded access to employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services. - Olmstead v. L. C. (1999) - Supreme Court Ruling (1999) -- Available formats: external
Issued in July 1999, this decision clearly challenges federal, state, and local governments to develop more opportunities for individuals with disabilities through more accessible systems of cost-effective community-based services. The Olmstead decision interpreted Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its implementing regulation, requiring States to administer their services, programs, and activities "in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of qualified individuals with disabilities." - Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (TWWIIA) (1999) -- Available formats: txt pdf
The provisions of this law (P.L. 106-170) are to increase beneficiary choice in obtaining rehabilitation and vocational services, remove barriers that require people with disabilities to choose between health care coverage and work, and assure that more Americans with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in the workforce and lessen their dependence on public benefits. - Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) (unknown) -- Available formats: external
This U.S. Access Board document presents uniform standards for the design, construction and alteration of buildings so that persons with disabilities will have ready access to and use of them in accordance with the Architectural Barriers Act, 42 U.S.C. 4151-4157. The document embodies an agreement to minimize the differences between the standards previously used by four agencies (the General Services Administration, the departments of Housing and Urban Development and Defense, and the United States Postal Service) that are authorized to issue standards under the Architectural Barriers Act, and between those standards and the access standards recommended for facilities that are not federally funded or constructed. - Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 - PDF (1998) -- Available formats: pdf txt
The purpose of WIA is to create a national workforce preparation and employment system that meets the needs of job seekers and those seeking to advance their careers, as well as the employment needs of the nation's employers. The goal is to create an integrated workforce investment system that improves the quality of the U.S. workforce, sustains economic growth and productivity, and reduces dependency on welfare.
Last Updated April 2011