[BlindTlk] employment: DOD exempted itself from Americans With Disabilities Act

[Marci Carpenter]

If you are referring to the Department of Defense (DOD) it is an agency of the federal government and is definitely not exempt from the ADA. Below is a link to relevant employment provisions.

https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/titles-i-and-v-americans-disabilities-act-1990-ada

Marci Carpenter, President
National Federation of the Blind of Washington
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> On May 13, 2023, at 9:04 AM, Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> DOD stated it would make best efforts toward accommodations but is now
> exempt.  Anyone working as a DOD component or at DOD and anyone
> considering employment should keep this in mind going forward.  I talked
> with a former work colleague a few minutes ago and that's what he told me.
> 
> 
> -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that
> order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.
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