Flowers for Algernon introduces a grown man named Charlie Gordon, who has the mental capability of a child as a result of his mental disability. In this case, people in society do not treat Charlie respectfully as opposed to a person without a mental disability. Opposingly, today’s world is lacking those types of actions toward handicapped people. On the same hand, before the 1900s, society was not in favor of those with physical and mental disabilities, but the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), along with society’s shifting viewpoints, has turned the situation in the opposite direction.
In the past, basic rights for all people did not necessarily have an importance to disabled people, because we did not desire for handicaps to be seen, …show more content…
The ADA has the motivation to end, or prevent, all unjust behavior towards all kinds of people. For example, “July 26, 1990… as he signed the sweeping civil rights legislation, the Americans with Disabilities Act, into law, President George H.W. Bush declared ‘let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down’.” (Byzek 31). So, it was said and declared that the ADA law will indeed remain and the discrimination with end. The unjust behaviors towards handicaps, will be no more. In addition, in the “1960s… wretched living conditions and abuse inside government-funded mental institutions… reaction was swift… no one again could be forced into treatment” (Edwards 57). Later on, in “2011… he wasn’t doing well… refused to stay voluntarily, he was released” (Edwards 56). Before the ADA, people were forced into treatment, if containing a disability, without say. Although, later on, people realized that institutions had poor environment and people need to have a say, which is a result of the ADA.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), along with society’s shifting viewpoints, has turned the situation in the opposite direction. The ADA has made significant changes in the past century in treatment of people with disabilities. Due to the aid from the ADA, the treatment of society went from ignoring rights of the disabled to help from the
In the past, basic rights for all people did not necessarily have an importance to disabled people, because we did not desire for handicaps to be seen, …show more content…
The ADA has the motivation to end, or prevent, all unjust behavior towards all kinds of people. For example, “July 26, 1990… as he signed the sweeping civil rights legislation, the Americans with Disabilities Act, into law, President George H.W. Bush declared ‘let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down’.” (Byzek 31). So, it was said and declared that the ADA law will indeed remain and the discrimination with end. The unjust behaviors towards handicaps, will be no more. In addition, in the “1960s… wretched living conditions and abuse inside government-funded mental institutions… reaction was swift… no one again could be forced into treatment” (Edwards 57). Later on, in “2011… he wasn’t doing well… refused to stay voluntarily, he was released” (Edwards 56). Before the ADA, people were forced into treatment, if containing a disability, without say. Although, later on, people realized that institutions had poor environment and people need to have a say, which is a result of the ADA.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), along with society’s shifting viewpoints, has turned the situation in the opposite direction. The ADA has made significant changes in the past century in treatment of people with disabilities. Due to the aid from the ADA, the treatment of society went from ignoring rights of the disabled to help from the