Acording to the American with Disability Act (ADA):
There are many Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities. To be protected by the law as person with disability, one must have a disability or have a relationship or association with an individual with a disability. An individual with a disability is defined by the law as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment. To learn more about how these laws may apply to people with vision loss or people with disabilities click on the link.
Rights&Laws for People with Disabilities
The Randolph-Sheppard Regulations :
- Randolph-Sheppard Regulations
- The Randolph-Sheppard Regulations is about statutes, regulations, legislation, policy guidance, and flexibility provisions under the Randolph-Sheppard program.
- American with Disability Act ADA Title II
- The ADA Title II prohibits disability discrimination by all public entities at the local (i.e. school district, municipal, city, county) and state level. Public entities must comply with Title II regulations by the U.S. Department of Justice.
- American with Disability Act ADA Title III
- According to ADA Title III, no individual may be discriminated against on the basis of disability with regards to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation by any person who owns, leases, or leases to operates a place of public accommodation.
- section 508
- In 1998 the US Congress amended the 1973 Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Section-508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. The law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology.