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=== Contemporary Views on Disability ===
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During the mid to late 20<sup>th</sup> century people with disabilities where met with fear, stigma, and pity. Their opportunities for a full productive life where minimal at best and often emphasis was placed more on personal characterizes that could be enhanced so the attention was taken from their disability <ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Groomes & Linkowski|first=D. A. G., & D. C.|date=2007|title=Examining the structure of the revised acceptance disability scale|url=http://libproxy.boisestate.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.boisestate.edu/docview/236273029?accountid=9649|journal=Journal of Rehabilitation,|volume=73|pages=3-9|via=proquest}}</ref> Linkowski developed the Acceptance of Disability Scale (ADS) during this time to help measure a person’s struggle to accept disability.<ref name=":0" />He developed the ADS to reflect the value change process associated with the acceptance of loss theory.<ref name=":0" /> In contrast to later trends, the current trend shows great improvement in the quality of life for those with disabilities.<ref name=":0" /> Sociopolitical definitions of disability, the independent living movement, improved media and social messages, observation and consideration of situational and environmental barriers, passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 have all come together to help a person with disability define their acceptance of what living with a disability means.<ref name=":0" />
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