Civics 101 – Episode 113: The Americans with Disabilities Act

Grade
9-12
Lesson Duration

Each podcast episode of Civics 101 gives listeners a basic, non-partisan, topical reintroduction to how the U.S. government works. The history of the topic, as well as connections to current news events, is explored.

Episode 113: How does the government look out for people who have disabilities? What forms of discrimination do people with disabilities face? What did it take to get protections passed into law? How well are businesses complying with those protections?

Listen to podcast (17:13): https://www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-episodes/ep113

Transcript included.

 

Source

https://www.civics101podcast.org/episodes/

New Hampshire Public Radio