Rights of Americans With Disabilities

Guide to Disability Rights Laws | ADA.gov

This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities.

ADA.gov: The Americans with Disabilities Act

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects people with disabilities from discrimination. ... Disability rights are civil rights. From voting to parking, ...

Americans with Disabilities Act | U.S. Department of Labor

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, ...

What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in many areas of public life.

Your rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | USAGov

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects your disability rights. Learn where to ask ADA-related questions and how to file a complaint ...

Disability Rights Section | United States Department of Justice

The Disability Rights Section (DRS) enforces the ADA through lawsuits and settlement agreements to achieve greater access, inclusion, and equal opportunity for ...

FAQ for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life.

Know Your Rights | Disability Rights | ACLU

Prisoners with disabilities are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. In the prison and jail context, the ...

ADA - HHS.gov

What Is the Americans with Disabilities Act? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 provides comprehensive civil rights protections to individuals.

An Overview of the Americans With Disabilities Act

The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in many areas of public life.

ADA & Civil Rights - Americans with Disabilities Act | NDRN

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the nation's strongest law protecting the civil rights of people with disabilities. Learn more here.

The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability.

Disability History: The Disability Rights Movement

The ADA is a major civil rights law that prohibits discrimination of people with disabilities in many aspects of public life. The disability ...

Laws and Regulations | U.S. Department of Labor

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is one of several disability-related laws and probably the one with which many Americans are most familiar.

Continuing the Fight to Fulfill the Promise of the ADA

Thirty-three years ago today, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, establishing the civil right of people with ...

Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

12101 and in subsequent sections. Amendments to the ADA include those introduced by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), and ...

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) / Section 504

Title II of the ADA prohibits disability discrimination by State and local government entities. Subpart A of Title II covers public rights-of- ...

Disability - HHS.gov

Rights and Responsibilities under Section 504 and the ADA ... Section 504 and the ADA protect qualified individuals with disabilities from ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Human Rights Law

The landmark federal legislation that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all aspects of public life.

The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990

To establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ...