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
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