People with disabilities, such as HIV/AIDS, should be afforded the same human rights and respect as any other person with a disability. They are discriminated against in the workplace as well as in many other areas of life. The employer's stance claims that the infected persons own health would be jeopardized by working in their chosen field - so employers will discriminate against them "for their own good." In the workplace, employers who are …showed first 75 words of 1128 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1128 total…as it has all along - because discrimination isn't good for anyone. References Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, (1997). ADA, Public Law 101-336, Section 102 (a). Retrieved January 12, 2004, from http://www.bu.edu/cpr/reasaccom/whatlaws-adaact.html#TI Until it's over - AIDS Action Policy Facts (2001, Aug.) Retrieved January 12, 2004, from http://www.thebody.com/aac/pdfs/abstinence.pdf U.S. Department of Labor, (2004). Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 794. Author. http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/sec504.htm