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ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights
ADA Amendments Act Will Restore Vital Civil Rights Protections for Americans With Physical and Mental Disabilities
September 27th, 2008
The leaders of a national coalition of disability, civil rights and social justice organizations praised the U.S. Senate today for taking bipartisan action to restore vital civil rights protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In recent years, the ADA - the world's first human rights law for people with disabilities - has been dramatically narrowed in the courts leaving citizens with epilepsy, diabetes, mental illness, HIV-AIDS and other disabilities unprotected from discrimination. The ADA Amendments Act clarifies the intent of Congress and reverses the "judicial activism" that has resulted in more than 90% of employment-related ADA cases being dismissed on summary...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-09-27)
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