The Statute
The first federal law prohibiting discrimination against individuals with disabilities in programs and employment relating to the federal government
What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
This maintains that people with disabilities must have the same chances in employment and programs as people without disabilities.
What is Equal Opportunity?
This questioned whether an educational institution can refuse admission to a disabled applicant to a clinical program when the disability prevents safe or effective participation.
What is Southeastern Community College v. Davis (1979)?
This prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in employment, housing, and public services.
What is the North Carolina Persons with Disabilities Protection Act (NCPDPA)
The EEOC filed suit against this government organization in 2024.
What is NASA?
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was the foundation for this later law that further protected people with disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990?
A person who meets job requirements and can perform essential duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
Who is a qualified individual?
This case questioned whether a state entity has waived its eleventh amendment sovereign immunity by accepting federal funds under a statute like 504, thus permitting private suits seeking money damages under the rehabilitation act.
What is Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon (1985)?
The North Carolina Persons with Disabilities Protection Act (NCPDPA) applies to state and local govenments as well as employers with this many employees.
What is fifteen or more?
In the EEOC v. NASA (2024), an employee requested this.
What is remote work flexibility and schedule adjustments?
This requires federal agencies to implement affirmative action plans for the hiring, placement, and advancement of individuals with disabilities.
What is Section 501?
The requirement that employers and agencies must adjust work environments or practices to support individuals with disabilities unless doing so causes undue hardship.
What is reasonable accomodation?
This case questioned whether “primary alcoholism” is a “handicap” under 504, and whether the VA’s regulation that treats primary alcoholism as willful misconduct (thus barring educational benefit extensions) violates the rehabilitation act.
What is Traynor v. Turnage (1988)?
The North Carolina Persons with Disabilities Protection Act (NCPDPA) does this when compared to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
What is mirrors?
EEOC held NASA failed to provide reasonable accommodation under Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act.
What is the ruling of EEOC v. NASA (2024)?
This prohibits disability discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors and mandates affirmative action programs to employ and advance qualified individuals with disabilities.
What is Section 503?
This requires federal agencies and contractors must actively recruit, hire, and promote qualified individuals with disabilities.
What is Affirmative Action?
This case questioned what primary damages are available under 504 (and ADA) in private suits — specifically, whether punitive damages can be awarded.
What is Barnes v. Gorman (2002)?
This handles complaints at the state level and many cases are dual-filed with EEOC for federal review.
What is the NC Office of Administrative Hearings, Civil Rights Division?
As part of the settlement of their case, NASA agreed to this.
What is policy revisions and manager training on disability accomodation?
This requires all federal agencies to make electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities.
What is Section 508?
Section 508 requires federal programs and agencies to make this accessible.
What is electronic communication and information technology?
This case questioned whether emotional distress damages are recoverable in private enforcement actions under 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
What is Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. (2022)?
Employers in NC must comply with both federal Rehabilitation Act obligations and this.
What is state-level anti-discrimination laws?
Federal employers must engage promptly in the interactive process when an employee requests accommodation.
What is the Key Takeaway from EEOC v. NASA (2024)?