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The article focuses on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) associational disability provision. Topics discussed include the protections and limitations of this provision, the differences between the ADA and the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA) with respect to disability discrimination, and the various categories of associational disability discrimination claims.

This article examines a case in which the plaintiff filed suit complaining of a lack of physical accessibility issues under Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and professional judgement issues under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This Essay enriches the social model of disability by analyzing the interaction between disability and gender. The modern disability rights movement is built upon the social model, which understands disability not as an inherent personal deficiency but as the result of the environment with which an impairment interacts. The social model is reflected in the accommodation mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991 (ADA), which holds employers responsible for the limiting aspects of their workplace designs. This Essay shows that the environmental limitations imposed upon impairments result not only from the physical aspects of a workplace but also from identity-based stereotypes, biases, and oppressions that affect how disability is experienced and perceived. Specifically, this Essay furthers the social mode. by challenging the existing gender neutral view of the causes and consequences of disability. The analysis reveals how ignoring gender has enabled masculine norms to become embedded in the ADA's substantive and procedural approaches to defining and remedying disability discrimination in the workplace. As a result of this inattention to gender, women with disabilities have suffered serious social and economic consequences. This Essay demonstrates, more generally, how ignoring other social identities renders nonprototypic members of the disabled community legally invisible, and it reveals how attending to other social identities may advance the social model of disability, deepen our understanding of disability discrimination, and empower disability rights law to serve a more diverse group of individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper interrogates the language of the legal precedents of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and their function, including the 1891 Immigration Law and the series of ‘ugly laws’ that spanned from the late nineteenth century until the early twentieth century. Legislative language is used to construct and deploy static definitions of normalcy and disability, relying on ‘objective’ evidence couched in medical and scientific discourse. The purpose of this paper is to uncover the legislative precedents of the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) that were motivated by the eugenicist imperative to strengthen the image of a productive and robust nation. I begin by outlining eugenicist logic and demonstrate how it functions within a semiotic system. Then, I will introduce the process by which eugenicist logic works within legal semiotics. Lastly, I will provide three examples of how this process functions in the legislative language and implementation of the 1891 Immigration Act, the ‘ugly laws’ and the ADAAA. Ultimately, I will demonstrate how all three provide evidence of a pattern of semiotic systems that pathologize human difference and manages these differences so as to segregate and disenfranchise in the name of nationalism. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses what the author refers to as the gendered nature of disability discrimination in America as of 2017, and it mentions the intersectional discrimination that some disabled women encounter. Legal protections under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act are examined, along with data regarding the number of claims filed by men and women at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Legal remedies and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act are assessed.

The article discusses several legal cases which challenge the accessibility of commercial and public websites and mobile applications (apps) under Title III of the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and it mentions how the websites and apps (web technologies) of various law firms and their private sector clients may violate Title III of the ADA. According to the article, many people with disabilities rely on assistive technology to navigate web technologies and services.

The author discusses why the U.S. courts must classify the individuals with severe food allergies as having a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAA). Topics discussed include need of accommodations and protections of these individuals under ADAA, prevalence and severity of food allergies in the U.S., and history of disability law.

The article examine the legislative framework governing disabled education in the U.S. Topics discussed include prejudice and exclusion faced by people with disabilities; introduction of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act; and higher education of disabled peoples in the country.

The article discusses several changes to the laws which govern service animals, therapy animals, and pets as of February 2014, focusing on administrative regulations and case law on topics such as the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and landlord-tenant law. The U.S. Fair Housing Act of 1968 is addressed, along with court cases which examine issues such as state quarantines, people with disabilities, and a brewery's no-animals policy.

The article focuses on the Tennessee Disability Act which regards obesity as a disability. Topics discussed include the obesity epidemic in the U.S., the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the definitions and causes of obesity. Also mentioned are the recognition of obesity as disability by the Americans with Disabilities Act As Amended (ADAAA), treatment for obesity, and the obesity-related court case Cook v. Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals.

The article presents the author's views on the Disability Discrimination Law, which was designed as a civil rights course that focused on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The author discusses the purpose of enacting ADA, the public right-of- way project, and introduces significant issues of doctrine, theory, and policy under the ADA. She also offers a significant context in exploring the issues and tensions beneath the disability law and the disability rights movement.

The article focuses on the U.S. court case Frame v. Arlington, which dealt with city requirements to make reasonable sidewalk modifications to accommodate disabled persons under the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Topics include the denial of meaningful access to public services for disabled people and discriminatory practices.