Barack Obama will provide educational opportunities to Americans with disabilities:
Obama and Biden will fight to provide students with disabilities the public education
they have a right to, invest in early intervention programs, improve college
opportunities, and support universal screening of infants.

End workplace discrimination and promote equal opportunity:
Obama and Biden will restore the Americans with Disabilities Act, reducing workplace and
labor market discrimination against people with disabilities.

Support independent, community-based living for Americans with disabilities:
Obama and Biden will ensure people with mental or functional disabilities are placed in
community settings when appropriate.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan

Barack Obama and Joe Biden's comprehensive agenda to empower individuals with
disabilities fits in with the campaign's overarching message of equalizing opportunities
for all Americans. 

In addition to reclaiming America's global leadership on this issue by becoming a
signatory to -- and having the Senate ratify -- the UN Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, the plan has four parts, designed to provide lifelong supports
and resources to Americans with disabilities. They are as follows: 

First, provide Americans with disabilities with the educational opportunities they need
to succeed. 

Second, end discrimination and promote equal opportunity. 

Third, increase the employment rate of workers with disabilities. 

And fourth, support independent, community-based living for Americans with disabilities.