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Dear All, In December last year, a public TV station in Japan called NHK ran a programme entitled "My Life, Supported by Hi-Tech; New Disability Policy in U.S", focusing on new work opportunies with new high-technology. It emphasized, repeating three time, that the employment situation has improved $B!! (Bwith ADA and the number of disabled workers tripled after ADA. I was in touch with producer and asked the source for this figure, which was very impressive. According to the producer, pre-ADA figure quoted by drafters of ADA was 4.7 million and now the official figure is 14 million, hence triple. If this is the case, ADA approach in the employment is truly working even with the good U.S. economy. On the other hand, I remember some not so positive comments about ADA particularly regarding employment. Japan has been adopting the quota system and if non-discrimination approach, including ADA, is found to be more effective, there might be a policy change in the future. Your comments and suggestions are most welcome. NAGASE Osamu ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.