It is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

What does “ADA” stand for?

The ADA was signed into law on July 26th, 1990.

When was the ADA signed?

Employment, State & Local Government, Transportation, Public Accommodations, Telecommunications, and Miscellaneous

How many Titles (parts) does the ADA have?

George H.W. Bush signed the ADA into law during a ceremony on the White House lawn.

Who signed the ADA into law?

Is your service animal required because of a disability?

Do you have documentation for your service animal?

What tasks is your service animal trained to do?

Which of these questions does a person with a service animal NOT have to answer when asked by a business?

Braille is one option specified by the ADA, but restaurants can also comply with the law by providing other alternatives, including audio recordings or having staff available to read menus to customers.

True or False: The ADA requires restaurants to have Braille versions of restaurant menus available for customers who are blind or have vision-related disabilities.

While people with service animals can use professional training programs, people with disabilities have the right to train their service animals themselves..

Does the ADA require service animals to be professionally trained?

The ADA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to workers or job applicants with disabilities..

Under the ADA, can an employer choose not to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker with a disability?

Access aisles provide space for people who use wheelchairs or other mobility devices to get in and out of their vehicles. Access aisles are usually marked with diagonal stripes.

To allow people to walk from one area to another area

To give space for people to load or unload items from vehicles

To provide room for people who use wheelchairs or other mobility devices to

The ADA requires accessible parking spaces to have access aisles. What are access aisles for?

Private businesses with at least 15 employees must comply with the ADA's employment rules.

A private business must comply with the ADA's employment rules if it has at least this number of employees.

The ADA also lists additional examples of major life activities, including lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, working, and the operation of major bodily functions.

Hint: Choose more than one!

Which of the following options does the ADA identify as a "major life activity"?

The Berkeley center opened in 1972, followed by the Boston Center for Independent living in 1974. There are now more than 400 independent living centers across the country.

Which city had the first independent living center in the country?

The American School for the Deaf was founded in 1817. It was the first permanent school in the U.S. for Deaf people.

Where was the first school for Deaf people?

The ADA says disabled people can’t be discriminated against in employment, transportation, public accommodations and communications access.

True or False: Before the ADA was passed, , people with disabilities could be barred from public places like trains and restaurants.

Judy Heumann led protests and was a leader during the 504 Sit-ins, pushing disability rights to the forefront of national politics. Her activism eventually led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. Heumann later worked for the Clinton administration on expanding educational opportunities for students with disabilities, and in the Obama administration to fight for disability rights worldwide.

Who has been called “the mother” of the disability rights movement?

Hint: You can choose more than one!

Which of the following movies share an anniversary year with the Americans with Disabilities 1. Act?

The ADA applies to the above forms of education as well as licensing tests, standardized tests, and more.

True or False: The ADA applies only in cases of K-12 education, but not 3. college, graduate school, or vocational training.

The ADA requires the removal of barriers to accessibility in older buildings unless removing a barrier is “not readily achievable”.

True or False: The ADA does NOT apply to buildings built before the ADA was passed in 1990.

“Reasonable accommodations” must be provided for athletes that have a “disability” and that they are “otherwise qualified” to participate in the sport or activity in question.

True or False: Organizations that sponsor sports must provide a person who has a disability an equal opportunity to both try out for and compete on teams.

Additional time or a distractionfree alternate setting for tests.

Which of the following is a possible accommodation under the ADA for a college or university student with a disability?

Pigs are not legally service animals under the ADA but can be emotional support animals.

A service animal is trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability. Which type of animal is NOT an acceptable service animal option under the ADA?

The self-advocacy movement can be traced to Sweden where in the late 1960s, people with intellectual disabilities were supported to create and lead their own leisure clubs.

Advocacy led to the creation of the ADA. In what country did the self-advocacy movement start?

The exception is that a government agency can ask an applicant to voluntarily disclose a disability for affirmative action purposes.

True or False: Employers cannot ask medical or disability-related questions on a job application/interview.

All are examples of accommodations that are perfectly viable to request for people with disabilities.

Staff identifying themselves upon entering the room

Orientation to a hospital room and the way to the nurses’ station

If a person with a vision impairment needs assistance at a doctor’s office, they have a legally protected right under the ADA to ask for:

The Black Panther Party brought meals and supplies to the protesters. The protest was the longest takeover of a federal building ever in American history.

Which group provided vital support to activists during the 504 sit-in protest?

When is Disability Pride Month?

Each country or region has its own distinct language and there are more than 300 different sign languages across the world. ASL is not linked to English and is not merely a visual representation to English; it has its own unique grammar rules and syntax. Linguists believe ASL originated from French sign language in the 1800s.