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Post subject: ADA Rules & Regulations  Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:42 pm |
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) gives, civil rights protections to "qualified individuals with disabilities" similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion. It guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in public
accommodations, employment, transportation, State and local government services, and telecommunications.
Updated: Aug. 2002 (Title III.)
An "individual with a disability" is a person who --
Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a "major life activity", or Has a record of such an impairment, or Is regarded as having such an impairment.
Examples of physical or mental impairments include, but are not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments; cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Homosexuality and bisexuality are not physical or mental impairments under the ADA.
Individuals who currently engage in the illegal use of drugs are not protected by the ADA when an action is taken on the basis of their current illegal use of drugs.
"Major life activities" include functions such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
For more information contact: ADA Home
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