The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination based on disability in employment, state and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. To be protected by the ADA, one must have a disability or have a relationship or association with an individual with a disability. An individual with a disability is defined by the ADA as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment. The ADA does not specifically name all of the impairments covered.
The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) and Oklahoma ABLE Tech offer a number of fact sheets that provide overviews of the laws protecting the rights of people with disabilities.
The Southwest ADA (SW ADA) Center offers publications and resources related to disability law:
Additional Resources
- Oklahoma ABLE Tech’s resource on Section 503 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act
- Oklahoma ABLE Tech’s resource on Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act
- Oklahoma ABLE Tech’s resource on Section 508 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act
- Oklahoma ABLE Tech’s Effective Communication under the Americans with Disabilities Act webpage
- Oklahoma ABLE Tech’s Reasonable Accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act webpage
- Oklahoma ABLE Tech’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) webpage