Americans with Disabilities Act

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The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.

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Generate an image of the Americans with Disabilities Act (The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
anti-discrimination law ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
abbreviation ADA ⓘ
amendedBy Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 ⓘ
amendmentEffectiveDate 2009-01-01 ⓘ
appliesTo employment ⓘ
public accommodations ⓘ
public services ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
definesTerm disability ⓘ
effectiveDate 1990-07-26 ⓘ
enactedBy 101st United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
U.S. Department of Transportation ⓘ
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
goal economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities ⓘ
equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities ⓘ
full participation of people with disabilities in society ⓘ
independent living for individuals with disabilities ⓘ
hasTitle Title I ⓘ
Title II ⓘ
Title III ⓘ
Title IV ⓘ
Title V ⓘ
legalArea human rights law ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
prohibits coercion or intimidation related to ADA rights ⓘ
discrimination against individuals with disabilities ⓘ
retaliation against individuals asserting ADA rights ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 101-336 ⓘ
regulates access to public accommodations ⓘ
employment discrimination ⓘ
public transportation accessibility ⓘ
state and local government services ⓘ
telecommunications relay services ⓘ
relatedTo Fair Housing Act ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
requires reasonable accommodation ⓘ
scope places of public accommodation ⓘ
private sector employers with 15 or more employees ⓘ
state and local governments ⓘ
shortName ADA ⓘ
signedBy George H. W. Bush ⓘ
signingDate 1990-07-26 ⓘ
subjectMatter civil rights ⓘ
disability rights ⓘ
title Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States housing policy → regulatedBy → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
Civil Rights Division → legalAuthority → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
MetroAccess → compliesWith → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
The RIDE → regulatoryBasis → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
Americans with Disabilities Act → shortName → ADA ⓘ
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Americans with Disabilities Act → title → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Americans with Disabilities Act → abbreviation → ADA ⓘ
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Office for Civil Rights → enforces → Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → enforces → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Civil Rights Act of 1991 → amends → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 → relatedTo → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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101st United States Congress → passedLegislation → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Employment Litigation Section → enforces → Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) employment provisions (for certain public entities) ⓘ
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Federal Coordination and Compliance Section → appliesLaw → Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
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Special Litigation Section → legalAuthority → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
Title VIII → relatedTo → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 → relatedTo → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Title II – Public Accommodations → influencedLaterLaw → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 public accommodations provisions ⓘ
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Bob Dole → notableWork → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 → amends → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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ADA paratransit → basedOn → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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ADA paratransit → isMandatedBy → Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
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Rehabilitation Act of 1973 → influenced → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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United States labor law → hasKeyFederalStatute → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum → hasSubject → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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GoRaleigh → compliesWith → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
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The Bus (Merced County Transit) → regulatoryFramework → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
MobilityLink → compliesWith → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
Metro Call-A-Ride → compliesWith → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 → influenced → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act → partOf → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act → partOf → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act → legalBasis → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
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Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act → references → ADA Standards for Accessible Design ⓘ
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Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act → partOf → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 → amends → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 → affects → Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
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Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → legalAuthorityOver → Americans with Disabilities Act employment discrimination provisions ⓘ
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Public Law 101-336 → officialName → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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Public Law 101-336 → shortName → ADA ⓘ
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Public Law 101-336 → alsoKnownAs → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act → relatedTo → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
MBTA paratransit service → regulatoryBasis → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 → relatedTo → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc. → statuteInterpreted → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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HCE Section → enforcesLaw → Americans with Disabilities Act (in certain housing-related public accommodation aspects) ⓘ
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Public Law 102-166 → amends → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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MBTA accessibility policies → basedOn → Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
George H. W. Bush administration → signed → Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
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