Know Your Rights:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The ADA aims to reduce barriers in employment, public accommodations, public services, transportation, and telecommunications for people with disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 to protect the civil rights of people with disabilities. The ADA aims to reduce barriers in employment, public accommodations, public services, transportation, and telecommunications for people with disabilities. People with disabilities may not have equal opportunity in employment because of physical and societal barriers. Title I of the ADA eliminates barriers to equal opportunity in employment and protects people who can prove they have experienced employment discrimination.
Disability Rights Oregon Resources
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Celebrating the ADA Anniversary
ADA Basics in American Sign Language
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act? (1/16)
What is the ADA definition of disability? (4/16)
What are major life activities? (7/16)
What is a reasonable accommodation? (10/16)
What is the interactive process? (13/16)
Are there limits on accommodations? (16/16)
How does Oregon's anti discrimination law differ from the ADA? (2/16)
What is a physical or mental impairment? (5/16)
Am I a qualified individual under the ADA? (8/16)
Do I have to ask for an accommodation? (11/16)
What are some examples of accommodations? (14/16)
Do I have a disability as defined by the ADA? (3/16)
What does Substantially Limits mean? (6/16)
What are the essential functions of a job? (9/16)
How do I request a reasonable accommodation? (12/16)
Why must reasonable accommodations be effective? (15/16)