Disability Rights History
True or False: The FHA was the first federal law to recognize disability as a protected class.
False! Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act was the first federal law to protect people with disabilities.
When did the FHA add disability to the categories of protected classes?
1988
True or False: A private movie theater would be covered by Title II of the ADA.
False! It would be covered by Title III of the ADA, but not Title II.
What Title of the ADA covers employment?
Title I
What are the 3 prongs under which someone can qualify under the ADA?
"Actual," record of, regarded as
When was the ADA signed into law?
July 26, 1990
Who generally has to pay for the cost of reasonable modifications?
tenants
How many employees must an employer have to be covered under the ADA?
15+
What is the name of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that prompted Congress to revisit mitigating measures in defining disability?
Sutton vs U.S. Airlines
What lead to the creation of the P&A system?
Geraldo Rivera's Willowbrook Expose
False! Tenants can ask for RA/RM at any time and it could even result in eviction proceedings being paused
What does the ADA generally require of paratransit services?
comparable services to fixed-route systems
Once a person is employed, when may an employer request a medical exam?
Needs info to support accommodation request or has objective evidence that employee cannot perform job successfully or safely
What was the name of the group that slept in front of Denver buses to demand accessibility?
Gang of 19