Disability rights are civil rights. From voting to parking, the ADA is a law that protects people with disabilities in many areas of public life.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in everyday activities.
Here is the text of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), including changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. Congress passed the ADA as a “Public Law,” and it originally was in a different format than presented here.
The ADA provides an important tool to fight discrimination: filing a complaint with an appropriate federal agency. This page outlines the steps to do so.
The ADA Standards for Accessible Designs say what is required for a building or facility to be physically accessible to people with disabilities.
These topic overviews are a basic starting point for understanding areas the ADA covers including service animals, parking and effective communication.
Detailed guidance documents explaining the rights and responsibilities under the ADA and the Department’s regulations related to topics the ADA covers including service animals, health care and more.
The Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on explaining how we propose updating the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to add more specific requirements about web and mobile application accessibility. This fact sheet gives a plain language summary of the technical standards that state and local governments would ...
Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and ... - ADA.gov
Here is the text of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), including changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. Congress passed the ADA as a “Public Law,” and it originally was in a …
Detailed guidance documents explaining the rights and responsibilities under the ADA and the Department’s regulations related to topics the ADA covers including service animals, health care and …
The ADA explains what businesses and state/local governments must do to make sure that they do not discriminate against a member of the public with a disability who uses a service animal. Generally, businesses and non-profits that are open to the public as well as state/local governments must allow service animals to go most places where the public can go. This is true even if they have a ...