An Overview of the Americans With Disabilities Act
ADA National Network

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. The ADA is divided into five titles (or sections) that relate to different areas of public life.
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Effective Communication
ADA National Network

The ADA requires public entities (state and local governments) and private entities (businesses and nonprofit organizations that serve the public) to provide auxiliary aids and services to make sure that individuals with speech, hearing and vision disabilities can understand what is said or written and can communicate effectively. The goal is to ensure that communication with people with disabilities is as effective as communication with people without disabilities.
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Exams and Courses
ADA National Network

The Department of Justice (DOJ) revised its ADA Title III (private businesses, a.k.a. places of public accommodation) regulations regarding examinations and courses, effective March 15, 2011. These regulations apply to applications, licensing, certification, or credentialing for education or for professions and trades.
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Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace and the ADA
ADA National Network

Psychiatric disabilities have a unique dynamic in the workplace because they are both very common and very misunderstood. The purpose of this brief is to inform employers, job applicants and employees about: Legal issues around mental health conditions in the workplace, and Practical strategies that can be used to ensure ADA rights for people with psychiatric disabilities are realized.
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Postsecondary Institutions and Students With Disabilities
ADA National Network

This document explains the legal obligations that postsecondary institutions have toward students with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Fair Housing Act.
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Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace
ADA National Network

This fact sheet serves as a basic overview of reasonable accommodations in the workplace and includes some examples and a brief review of the reasonable accommodation process. This document has information that may be useful for employees, employers, human resources staff, and others. Because this is a very general, baseline document, more specific questions may be answered by the reader’s local ADA Center.
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ADA Requirements: Testing Accommodations
ADA.gov

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ensures that individuals with disabilities have the opportunity to fairly compete for and pursue such opportunities by requiring testing entities to offer exams in a manner accessible to persons with disabilities. When needed testing accommodations are provided, test-takers can demonstrate their true aptitude. This document provides the Department of Justice's regulations that clarify and refine issues that have arisen over the past 20 years and contain new and updated requirements.
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ADA: Protecting Your Child's Civil Rights
Understood

Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can make it easier for you to get your child the help she needs. ADA is a federal civil rights law. It makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities at work, in school, and in public spaces. Here's what parents need to know about ADA.
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Questions and Answers on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 for Students with Disabilities Attending Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
Department of Education

In responding to requests for technical assistance, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has determined that school officials would benefit from additional guidance concerning the effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (Amendments Act) on public elementary and secondary programs. The following questions and answers provide this guidance.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
CPIR

So you'd like to know more about the Americans with Disabilities Act (commonly referred to as the ADA)? This webpage will connect you with volumes of information on the ADA from the most authoritative sources.
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Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act

The ADA Home Page provides access to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations for businesses and State and local governments, technical assistance materials, ADA Standards for Accessible Design, links to Federal agencies with ADA responsibilities and information, updates on new ADA requirements, streaming video, information about Department of Justice ADA settlement agreements, consent decrees, and enforcement activities and access to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ADA material.
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