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Soldier’s Rehabilitation Act Congress passes the nation's first vocational rehabilitation act to help World War I veterans with disabilities return to work after being discharged. National Vocational Rehabilitation Act Congress enacts the nation's first vocational rehabilitation legislation designed to help civilians with disabilities regain work skills. The Act often is referred to as the Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Buck v. This U.S. Supreme Court ruling stated that the forced sterilization of people with disabilities does not violate their constitutional rights. The Buck v. Bell decision removes the last restraints for eugenicists who advocated that people with disabilities should not be allowed to have children. By the 1970s, more than 60,000 people with disabilities had been sterilized without their consent. Social Security Act This Act establishes federal benefits and grants to states to be used to assist individuals who are blind and children with disabilities. The Act also extends existing vocational rehabilitation programs established by earlier legislation. related