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2. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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   The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA (42 U.S.C. § 12101) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , [ 1 ] which made discrimination based on race , religion , sex , national origin ...

3. DOJ: Kentucky violating civil rights of adults with serious ...

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   The investigation, which began in 2022, found the state is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to provide access to community-based mental health services, including mobile ...

4. DOJ report: Juvenile facilities engaged in 'pattern of abuse ...

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   Those findings, the department said, were violations of the U.S. Constitution, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act at locations in Gainesville ...

5. Federal lawsuit challenges public face covering ban in Nassau ...

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   A New York City suburb's ban against public mask wearing was challenged in federal court on Thursday, alleging the law violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and needlessly opens health ...

6. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act - Wikipedia

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   The ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 seems to pick up where the Rehabilitation Act left off. Borrowing from the §504 definition of disabled person, and using the familiar three-pronged approach to eligibility (has a physical or mental impairment, a record of an impairment, or is regarded as having an impairment), the ADA applied ...

7. Olmstead v. L.C. - Wikipedia

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   Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding discrimination against people with mental disabilities. The Supreme Court held that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals with mental disabilities have the right to live in the community rather than in institutions if, in the words of the opinion of the Court, "the State's treatment ...

8. ADA Amendments Act of 2008 - Wikipedia

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   Disability. The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325, ADAAA) is an Act of Congress, effective January 1, 2009, that amended the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and other disability nondiscrimination laws at the Federal level of the United States. [1]

9. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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   After the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the ABA broadened the Commission's mission to serve all persons with disabilities and changed its name to the Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law (CMPDL). In 2011, in order to better reflect the Commission's focus on both disability law and the rights of lawyers and ...