What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Q: What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
A: The ADA is a law passed by the United States Congress in 1990 that provides detailed civil rights protections for people with disabilities from discrimination.
Q: Who signed the ADA into law?
A: President George H. W. Bush signed the ADA into law on July 26, 1990.
Q: When did changes to the ADA start?
A: Changes to the ADA started on January 1, 2009 when President George W. Bush amended and signed them into law.
Q: What was the goal of passing the ADA?
A: The goal of passing the ADA was to protect people with disabilities from discrimination who previously had few legal protections before its passage.
Q: When was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed?
A: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in 1964.
Q: What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 make illegal? A: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate against people because of their race, religion, gender, national origin (home country), and many other things.
Q: Were people with disabilities included or protected under this act? A: No, people with disabilities were not included or protected under this act prior to passage of the ADA in 1990 which gave them similar protections as those provided by this act.
