Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) is a law that was passed by the United States Congress in 1990. President George H. W. Bush signed the ADA, making it an official United States law, on July 26, 1990. Later, President George W. Bush amended (changed) the ADA and signed those changes into law. The changes started on January 1, 2009.^[1]

The ADA is a detailed civil rights law whose goal is to protect people with disabilities from discrimination. Before the ADA, people with disabilities did not have many legal protections. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964^[2] was passed. This law made it illegal to discriminate against people because of their race, religion, gender, national origin (home country), and many other things. But people with disabilities were not included or protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The ADA gave the Civil Rights Act's protections - and some others - to people with disabilities.^[3]

1. ↑ "President Bush Signs ADA Changes into Law". HR.BLR.com. 2008-09-25. Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
2. ↑ "Civil Rights Act of 1964". Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2020-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. ↑ 42 U.S.C. 12112(b)(5), 12182-84