Four Part Promise to
Americans with Disabilities
- Educational Opportunities – to include study of issues relating to transition to work and higher education
- End Discrimination and Promote Equal Opportunity – to include accessible health care for all and improving mental health care
- Increase the Employment Rate – to include implementing regulations that require the federal government and its contractors to employ people with disabilities
- Support Independent, Community-Based Living – streamlining the Social Security approval process of choice in residence and creating a budget-neutral national insurance program to help individuals with disabilities remain independent
For a complete listing of these four parts, see:
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/DisabilityPlanFactSheet.pdf and http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/disabilities
