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Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act
October 10, 2008
On Sept. 25, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”). The Act becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2009.
The ADAAA preserves the basic framework of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) and seeks to further the objectives of the ADA in eliminating the discrimination of persons with disabilities. The ADAAA expands the scope of covered persons and clarifies existing terminology used in the ADA. In accomplishing this, the Act effectively rejects a line of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have narrowed the definition of disability under the ADA.
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