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THE SPENCER LAW FIRM<br />

2727 Camino del Rio South • Suite 140 • San Diego, CA 92108<br />

(619) 233-1313 telephone • (619) 296-1313 facsimile • spencerlaw@spencerlawoffice.com<br />

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)<br />

as Amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA):<br />

Disability Discrimination in Employment<br />

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 1 (ADA) is broad legislation designed to<br />

integrate people with disabilities into the mainstream of all aspects of society. The<br />

ADA is divided into five sections, called ”titles.“ Title I covers employment. Titles<br />

II, III, IV <strong>and</strong> V cover public services, public accommodations, telecommunications,<br />

<strong>and</strong> miscellaneous provisions.<br />

The ADA's protection applies to people with disabilities. The ADA explicitly includes<br />

people with mental disabilities, including individuals with psychiatric impairments.<br />

Title I of the ADA prohibits private employers with at least 15 employees, religious<br />

entities with at least 15 employees, state <strong>and</strong> local governments, employment<br />

agencies <strong>and</strong> labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with<br />

disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation,<br />

job training, <strong>and</strong> other terms, conditions, <strong>and</strong> privileges of employment. Federal<br />

sector employees are covered by the Rehabilitation Act 2 , which has been amended to<br />

parallel the ADA.<br />

To discriminate on the basis of disability means to treat a person with a disability<br />

differently <strong>and</strong> adversely from other people who do not have a disability. A qualified<br />

employee or applicant with a disability is an individual who, with or without reasonable<br />

accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the job in question.<br />

Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008<br />

(ADAAA) 3 specifically to overturn a series of Supreme Court decisions that made it<br />

difficult to prove an impairment is a “disability.” The ADAAA made significant<br />

changes to the definition of “disability” so that the ADA’s protection should now<br />

apply to a much larger number of people.<br />

Under the ADA, a person with a disability is protected by the law if one<br />

1. Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more<br />

major life activities; or<br />

2. Has a record of such an impairment; or<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

42 U.S.C. sections 12101 et seq. (ADA).<br />

29 U.S.C. sections 794 et seq.<br />

Pub. L. 110-325.<br />

ADA as Amended<br />

Marilynn Mika Spencer<br />

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IOCDF 2013 Annual Conference<br />

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