1. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Title I: Employment
Title II: State & Local Government Services
Title III: Public Accommodations
including transportation services
Title IV: Telecommunications
Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions
including attorneys' fees

2. TITLE I: EMPLOYMENT
Covers employers with 15+ employees a/o July 26, 1994 enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) remedies include:
injunction,
reinstatement,
back pay,
<$300,000 in damages for intentional discrimination,
reasonable attorney's fees

3. IMPORTANT CONCEPTS:
qualified individuals with a disability - those who can perform the essential functions of a job with or without reasonable accommodations;
reasonable accommodations - changes in the work environment or in the way things are usually done...determined on a case-by-case basis and must be effective to afford applicant or employee an equal employment opportunity;

4. IMPORTANT CONCEPTS:
undue hardship - is a defense for noncompliance with the reasonable accommodation requirement; involves analysis of several factors, including the size of the employer, number of employees, and number of work sites;
direct threat - a person who poses a direct threat to the health or safety of himself/herself or others, determined on a case-by-case basis using competent medical or other evidence, is not a qualified individual with a disability.

5. 1994 HARRIS SURVEY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
DISABLED PERSONS
INCOME
<$15,000 40%
>$50, %
NON-DISABLED
INCOME
<$15, %
>$50, %

6. 1994 HARRIS SURVEY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
DISABLED PERSONS
SATISFIED WITH LIFE
35%
NON-DISABLED
SATISFIED WITH LIFE
55%