The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the federal legislation that gives civil rights protections and guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in:
public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services, telecommunications
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Disability Rights Section provides information about the federal guidelines established in the ADA through a toll-free information line: 1-800-514-0301 (TTY: 1-800-514-0383). This service permits businesses, state and local governments, and individuals to call and ask questions about general or specific ADA requirements and regulations, including questions about the ADA Standards for Accessible Design, as well as filing an ADA compliance complaint.
Visit the following resources for more information:
Visit the ADA website for information on ADA standards and codifications, links to federal agencies with ADA responsibilities, and information on ADA mediation.
The United States Access Board is an independent federal agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities and a source of information on accessible design. View guidelines and standards or contact the Access Board.
Under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, federal agencies must give employees with disabilities and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others. View information on Section 508 law. If you have a section 508 question, contact the Section 508 Website Help Desk.
This book not only covers Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - ADA - 42 U.S. Code Chapter 126 but also covers How to File an ADA Complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice along with ADA Information Line.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a wide-ranging civil rights law that is intended to protect against discrimination based on disability. Enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990, it affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal. In addition, unlike the Civil Rights Act, the ADA also requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, and imposes accessibility requirements on public accommodations.
In 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988. The final version of the bill was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush. It was later amended in 2008 and signed by President George W. Bush with changes effective as of January 1, 2009
ADA disabilities include both mental and physical medical conditions. A condition does not need to be severe or permanent to be a disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations provide a list of conditions that should easily be concluded to be disabilities: deafness, blindness, an intellectual disability (formerly termed mental retardation), partially or completely missing limbs or mobility impairments requiring the use of a wheelchair, autism, cancer, cerebral palsy, diabetes, epilepsy, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia. Other mental or physical health conditions also may be disabilities, depending on what the individual's symptoms would be in the absence of "mitigating measures" (medication, therapy, assistive devices, or other means of restoring function), during an "active episode" of the condition (if the condition is episodic).
public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services, telecommunications
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Disability Rights Section provides information about the federal guidelines established in the ADA through a toll-free information line: 1-800-514-0301 (TTY: 1-800-514-0383). This service permits businesses, state and local governments, and individuals to call and ask questions about general or specific ADA requirements and regulations, including questions about the ADA Standards for Accessible Design, as well as filing an ADA compliance complaint.
Visit the following resources for more information:
Visit the ADA website for information on ADA standards and codifications, links to federal agencies with ADA responsibilities, and information on ADA mediation.
The United States Access Board is an independent federal agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities and a source of information on accessible design. View guidelines and standards or contact the Access Board.
Under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, federal agencies must give employees with disabilities and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others. View information on Section 508 law. If you have a section 508 question, contact the Section 508 Website Help Desk.
This book not only covers Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - ADA - 42 U.S. Code Chapter 126 but also covers How to File an ADA Complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice along with ADA Information Line.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a wide-ranging civil rights law that is intended to protect against discrimination based on disability. Enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990, it affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal. In addition, unlike the Civil Rights Act, the ADA also requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, and imposes accessibility requirements on public accommodations.
In 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988. The final version of the bill was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush. It was later amended in 2008 and signed by President George W. Bush with changes effective as of January 1, 2009
ADA disabilities include both mental and physical medical conditions. A condition does not need to be severe or permanent to be a disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations provide a list of conditions that should easily be concluded to be disabilities: deafness, blindness, an intellectual disability (formerly termed mental retardation), partially or completely missing limbs or mobility impairments requiring the use of a wheelchair, autism, cancer, cerebral palsy, diabetes, epilepsy, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia. Other mental or physical health conditions also may be disabilities, depending on what the individual's symptoms would be in the absence of "mitigating measures" (medication, therapy, assistive devices, or other means of restoring function), during an "active episode" of the condition (if the condition is episodic).
