TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Importance of the Americans With Disabilities Act at 30
AU - Blanck, Peter
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This line of study was supported in part by grants to Syracuse University, Peter Blanck (Principal Investigator [PI]), from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) for Rehabilitation Research & Training on Employment Policy: Center for Disability Inclusive Employment Policy Research, Grant No. 90RTEM0006-01-00; Southeast ADA Center, Grant No. 90DP0090-01-00; Increasing Supported Decision Making in Community Living, Grant No. 90DP0076-01-00; and a subgrant to Syracuse University, Peter Blanck, for the ADA-PARC, Lex Frieden PI, Grant No. H133A12000. NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health & Human Services. The views provided herein do not necessarily reflect the official policies of NIDILRR nor do they imply endorsement by the Federal Government. I thank Mary Trevor for making helpful reviews of earlier drafts of this article. Portions of this article are drawn and updated from .
Publisher Copyright:
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article offers a glimpse of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) of 1990, as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”), at its 30th anniversary. It considers current issues before the courts, primarily legal cases from 2020 and 2021, and new questions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, such the latitude of the ADA’s antidiscrimination protections and its definition of disability. It provides a quick primer on the basics of the ADA: employment discrimination under Title I, antidiscrimination mandates for state and local governments under Title II, and commands to places of accommodation offering services to the public under Title III. The ADA at 30 remains a beacon for a future in which all people, regardless of individual difference, will be welcomed as full and equal members of society.
AB - This article offers a glimpse of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) of 1990, as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”), at its 30th anniversary. It considers current issues before the courts, primarily legal cases from 2020 and 2021, and new questions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, such the latitude of the ADA’s antidiscrimination protections and its definition of disability. It provides a quick primer on the basics of the ADA: employment discrimination under Title I, antidiscrimination mandates for state and local governments under Title II, and commands to places of accommodation offering services to the public under Title III. The ADA at 30 remains a beacon for a future in which all people, regardless of individual difference, will be welcomed as full and equal members of society.
KW - Americans With Disabilities Act
KW - and practice
KW - disability discrimination
KW - disability law
KW - policy
KW - reasonable accommodation
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U2 - 10.1177/10442073211036900
DO - 10.1177/10442073211036900
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108378446
SN - 1044-2073
JO - Journal of Disability Policy Studies
JF - Journal of Disability Policy Studies
ER -