• Americans with Disability Act

    Posted by: Victor Tang
    Date: 2010.07.28 | Category: Global | Tags: ,

    Twenty years ago, this week, life changed in the United States for many people with disabilities. Two days ago marked the 20th anniversary of the historic signing of a law enacted by the US Congress in 1990 – the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). Signed by President George H. W. Bush, this Act effectively prohibits discrimination based on disability in the United States. Disability is defined by the ADA as “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity.” Before the signing of this act, private businesses were allowed to order disabled people to leave their business (restaurants included), but the ADA has changed that. While other minorities in the US legally had their civil rights protected by the 1960′s, Americans with a disability had to wait until the signing of the ADA in 1990.

    In recognition of the ADA, please remember that everybody has abilities and everybody has potential. Treat others as you would like to be treated.