On the Importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act at 30

This article offers a glimpse of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) of 1990, as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”), at its 30th anniversary. It considers current issues before the courts, primarily legal cases from 2020 and 2021, and new questions in light of the COVID-19 p...

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Published inJournal of disability policy studies Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 176 - 198
Main Author Blanck, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2023
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Amendments
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US
COVID-19
Disability discrimination
Employment discrimination
Litigation
Local government
and practice
Americans with Disabilities Act
disability law
reasonable accommodation
disability discrimination
policy
practice
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Summary:This article offers a glimpse of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) of 1990, as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”), at its 30th anniversary. It considers current issues before the courts, primarily legal cases from 2020 and 2021, and new questions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, such the latitude of the ADA’s antidiscrimination protections and its definition of disability. It provides a quick primer on the basics of the ADA: employment discrimination under Title I, antidiscrimination mandates for state and local governments under Title II, and commands to places of accommodation offering services to the public under Title III. The ADA at 30 remains a beacon for a future in which all people, regardless of individual difference, will be welcomed as full and equal members of society.
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ISSN:1044-2073
1538-4802
DOI:10.1177/10442073211036900