The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (USA)

@naty1941 (2336)
United States
April 19, 2007 11:24am CST
The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibits discrimination based on age in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Have you or anyone you know been discriminated on because of age?
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@emeraldisle (13138)
• United States
20 Apr 07
Actually I have been. I was told years ago I could not move into a building because I was under 30. I have since had where I have been told I could not apply for some jobs because I was not over 55. I lived in one mobile home park that harassed my sister, my neice and myself because they did not want anyone under 55 there even though legally they weren't a 55 and older park. When we went to buy the trailer there we had to go infront of the board and be approved. We were and were told by them that they were glad to have young people in there. After we moved in though the President told us to our face that they only allowed us in because they didn't want to be sued. The next five years were miserable as they did everything they could to try and drive us out. They filed complaints with the associate that were false or we were expected to keep but no one else in the park were. Things like that. We finally filed a complaint against them with HUD and they were being investigated. We finally were able to move and we were more then happy to leave.
@naty1941 (2336)
• United States
20 Apr 07
I know exactly how you feel as I was discriminated recently due to my age at a hospital. The doctor decided my pain wasn't too bad because I am a senior citizen. I overheard him speaking with a nurse as if senior citizens don't feel pain. Lucky for me it was at an emergency facility and they called my doctor who kept me in the hospital for a week. I too live in a trailer park and they sure make up some strange rules!
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@emeraldisle (13138)
• United States
20 Apr 07
I'm glad your doctor knew better. Some times you have to wonder about these ER doctors. I've run into a few like that myself. Yeah the rules weren't being followed by most but they expected us to. They even complained about my neice's little wading pool, said it would bring mosquitos. We kept it clean and had bleach in it. I was so glad to be out of there.
@alicebun (204)
• China
20 Apr 07
I have not,but I think there is no much difference between different ages.Everyone in the world will meet it.So there should be no discrimination on age.
@naty1941 (2336)
• United States
21 Apr 07
There shouldn't be but there still is some discrimination in the USA.