Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Most Important Sentence in the ADA...

Following is the current text of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), including changes made by the ADA amendments Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-325), which became effective on January 1, 2009.

TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 126 - EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

SUBCHAPTER III - PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES OPERATED BY PRIVATE ENTITIES

     Sec. 12182. Prohibition of discrimination by public accommodations

          (b) Construction

               (1) General prohibition

                     (A) Activities

                         (ii) Participation in unequal benefit

                              It shall be discriminatory to afford an individual or class of
                              individuals, on the basis of a disability or disabilities of such
                              individual or class, directly, or through contractual, licensing,
                              or other arrangements with the opoortunity to participate in
                              or benefit from a good, service, facility, privilege, advantage,
                              or accommodation that is not equal to that afforded to other
                              individuals.

http://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08mark.htm

To all you Wheelchair Watchdogs that are already in the ACCESS program, tell a friend!  We are staffing up to handle 100 complaints a week by the end of this year.

I can't say it enough...if we all put our skills together, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

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