The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): A Landmark Civil Rights Law
Like other landmark civil rights laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act has transformed the nation since its enactment in 1990. As enacted, it outlaws discrimination against people with disabilities at work and in public life.
The ADA has helped millions of Americans with disabilities to enter [...]
12 Aug 2008 MTH comments off
In honor of the ADA and our nation’s Second Independence Day there will be celebrations across the state during the week of July 21st.
Below is a sampling of those events. Tto the right is a photo of Justice Dart with the first President Bush for the ADA signing, click the photo to enlarge.
Paris, Tennessee
ADA [...]
22 Jul 2008 MTH comments off
Through the Road to Freedom and a multitude of other efforts through the past two years disability advocates have been pushing for passage of the ADA Restoration Act: legislation intended to overturn limiting Supreme Court decisions and restore the ADA to its original meaning. Recently, you may have heard of a new piece of legislation [...]
17 Jul 2008 MTH comments off
July 8, 2008 — Ask DOJ: Proposal to Revise ADA Regulations under Title II and Title III
TIME: 1-3pm Central
ABOUT THE TOPIC: On June 17, 2008 the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division published the long awaited proposed regulations to revise the Department’s ADA regulations for State and local governments and public accommodations [...]
25 Jun 2008 MTH comments off