The Americans With Disabilities Act: Equal Opportunity for Individuals With Disabilities, in Some Large Businesses, in Some Major Cities, Sometimes . . .

Chapter 126—equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), (3), (5)(D), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 101–218, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1859, known as the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 120...

Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Mitigation and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Addiction and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

On July 26, 1990, the U.S. Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was intended as a broad, national, civil rights-oriented mandate "for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities," both physical and mental. ADA protection is extended, in limited form, to those with addiction disorders. However, many addicted individuals are denied ADA prot...

Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act.