Lowell Weicker’s scientific contributions

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Defining liberty for handicapped Americans
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June 1984

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Lowell Weicker

Indicates that one of the first items on the Reagan administration's budget-cutting agenda was the dismantlement of the federal framework for aiding disabled persons. These proposals were defeated because of community-based advocacy and because enough members of Congress were committed to the protection of handicapped programs. In 1983, Congress produced 2 pieces of legislation to perfect the provisions of the core programs for the handicapped. The American people must be made to see the long-term investments in making society accessible to handicapped persons. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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... And, as we have indicated earlier, in the rehabilitation area, behavioral scientists have been exceptionally active in developing "grassroots" support -on both the national and local level -for their expertise. For example, if one looks at the leadership in the U.S. Senate, the present chairman of the Subcommittee on the Handicapped, Senator Lowell Weicker, has a deep personal interest and outstanding track record in this area (Weicker, 1984). The previous ranking minority member and past chairman, Senator Jennings Randolph, has a record that is simply unsurpassed. ...

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Federal Recognition of Psychology in Rehabilitation Programs
Defining liberty for handicapped Americans
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Lowell Weicker