The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Progeny of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

From: Human Rights | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

As Lawrence Gostin and Henry Beyer observed more than ten years ago, "the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the most important piece of federal legislation since the Civil Rights Act of 1964." IMPLEMENTING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL AMERICANS (1993). The comparison is an apt one, as the ADA not only rivals the 1964 Civil Rights Act (Act) in importance, but draws substantially from the structure of that landmark legislation as well, while extending its antidiscrimination protection to a new class of individuals: people with disabilities.

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