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What is the legislative history of the ADA?
Legislative history. 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.
How did the ADAAA change the law?
Because members of the U.S. Congress viewed those decisions as limiting the rights of persons with disabilities, the ADAAA effectively reversed those decisions by changing the law.
What does the ADAAA mean for employers?
The ADAAA makes changes to the definition of the term “disability,” clarifying and broadening that definition—and therefore the number and types of persons who are protected under the ADA and other Federal disability nondiscrimination laws. It was designed to strike a balance between employer and employee interests.
What is an example of a major impairment under the ADA?
To help make it easier to determine whether someone has a disability under the ADA, in its ADAAA regulations the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provided examples of impairments that should be easily found to substantially limit a major life activity: Deafness substantially limits hearing. Blindness substantially limits seeing.
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What is the ADAAA and why was it created?
Passed on September 17, 2008, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on September 25, 2008, the ADAAA was a response to a number of decisions by the Supreme Court that had interpreted the original text of the ADA. Because members of the U.S. Congress viewed those decisions as limiting the rights…
What happened after the passage of the ADA?
After the passage of the ADA, the focus of court decisions shifted to deciding if people’s claims of discrimination were protected by the law. Congress passed the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 to overturn two controversial court decisions based on interpretations of the ADA. The first decision—by the Supreme Court in Sutton v.
What is the ADAAA’s definition of disability?
The ADAAA retains the ADA’s definition of disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more life activities; a record of such impairment; or being regarded as having such impairment. However, it clarifies and expands the definition’s meaning and application in the following ways: