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Handicap Laws and AIDS: Is Discrimination Against People with AIDS Prohibited?

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 1, no. 1 (July 1986): 14-17
Christopher J. Collins

Despite the obvious presence of laws on both the state and federal levels prohibiting discrimination against those who are disabled, there is still a great deal of uncertainty as to the scope of those statutes and about the extent to which they apply in various settings. This article first will highlight, briefly, the current uncertainties surrounding the nature and extent of S 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (28 U.S.C. S 794), as well as some of the parallel state laws. Then the impact, if any, those laws have had on acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); AIDS Related Complex ("ARC"); and infection with a virus variously known as HTLV-III, LAV, and HIV (hereafter, referred to collectively as HTLV-III), will be discussed.
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