[nfbmi-talk] ADA does not apply to feds

[joe harcz Comcast via nfbmi-talk]

Actually the ADA doesn't apply to federal entities.

However, the grand daddy of all expansive civil rights laws for all people 
with disabilities does apply to all branches of the federal government and 
recipients of federal funds. That law or laws are in Title V (5) of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and include Section 504, and 508 in 
this instance.

Note: that the ADA was expressly modeled upon Section 504, especially Title 
II (state and local government).

Also 504 is now more than forty years old so not much excuse with the feds 
following it.

Regardless, both laws are similar and so arelong standing obligations.

Now, back to practicality when the American Council of the Blind 
successfully sued the Social Security Administration oover recieving 
information in accessible format that was done under Section 504. Ditto for 
the successful (in court) Treasury suit.

I know there was recently a suit against the Small Business Administration 
under 504 and 508 as well.

Finally section 504 was first created to protect the rights of PWD in the 
very Rehab process itself which makes all the violations to this day by VR 
entities like BSBP all the more hidious indeed!

Anyway, the ADA is not applicable to the Executive Branch itself, but again 
504 is.

Hope this helps.

Joe Harcz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lydia Anne Schuck via nfbmi-talk" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: [nfbmi-talk] ADA does not apply to feds


> Hello Joe, Can you tell us more about why the ADA does not apply to 
> federal entities?   Does that mean, for instance, that federal buildings 
> do not have to comply with ADA?  You are our ADA maestro, so tell us more.
>
> Lydia Schuck
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