[blindlaw] ADA Release note

[Ross Doerr]

>From the DOJ:
The Department is leading the Federal government's efforts to strengthen
enforcement of civil rights laws as they pertain to individuals with
HIV/AIDS, as called for in the President's July 2010 National HIV/AIDS
Strategy.  As part of the Strategy, the Department has committed to
increasing outreach to affected communities to educate them about their
rights and to uncover discrimination.  An updated technical assistance
document, Questions and Answers: The Americans with Disabilities Act and
Persons with HIV/AIDS (HTML) | PDF, has been added to ADA.gov.  The document
explains the rights of persons with HIV/AIDS and the requirements of the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for employers, businesses and
non-profit agencies that serve the public, and State and local governments
to avoid discrimination against persons with HIV/AIDS. 

 

This week marks the fourteenth anniversary of the decision in Bragdon v.
Abbott, the Supreme Court decision that stated that an individual who has
HIV, but is asymptomatic, has a disability within the meaning of the ADA and
is entitled to the protections of the statute.  Since that time, Congress
amended the ADA in 2008, making it easier for people with HIV/AIDS to
demonstrate that they are persons with disabilities.  

 

To learn more about the Civil Rights Division's enforcement activities,
please visit our website dedicated to Fighting Discrimination Against People
with HIV/AIDS.  For more information about the ADA, you may call our
toll-free ADA Information Line at 800-514-0301 (voice) or 800-514-0383
(TTY), or access the ADA Website at www.ada.gov.

 

  




 
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