ok many years of other civil rights actions and actions to build the build the case for people with disabilities as a group in need of civil rights protection. The first enactment of an act that assisted those with disabilities occurred in 1973, and went under the name of the Rehabilitation act.
             "...with the enactment of the Rehabilitation Act, (22) the federal government ushered in an era of legislation targeted at eliminating discrimination against the disabled. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provides that "[n]o otherwise qualified individual with a disability ... shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance...." (23) (Dunn)
             The act itself was largely viewed as meaningless, due to the fact that it only addressed issues with regard to federal institutions or those that received federal funding and did not make any strides toward changing the situation of discrimination in private employment, where most people are actually employed within a capital economy. As the next logical step the passage of the ADA occurred in 1990 in the wake of countless lawsuits that proved discrimination in the private work place and public establishments toward those with disabilities.
             "Congress intended the ADA to broaden the scope of the Rehabilitation Act and extend protection to the private sector. (26) Moreover, in his remarks at the White House signing ceremony, President Bush described the ADA as "an `historic new civil rights Act ... the world's first comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities."' (27) Indeed, the ADA is intended "to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities." (28) (Dunn)
             The ADA definitely has comprehensive intention...