WHERE DOES THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) FIT IN?
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is the civil rights guarantee for persons with disabilities. The ADA provides protection from discrimination on the basis of a disability. It also extends the rights established by the 1973 Federal Rehabilitation Act to accessibility and employment in the public and private sector, public accommodations, services provided by state and local governments, and telecommunication relay services. The ADA should be taken into consideration for a college student or an adult while working or looking for employment. For example, under 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act, a college student would only have been entitled to receive special accommodations if the learning institution was receiving federal monies. Under the ADA, that civil rights protection has been extended into the private sector. A private educational institution has to ensure the same accessibility rights and reasonable accommodations to a student with a documented disability. Th
