What is Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990?
{{Update|documentation|date=October 2019}}The '''Americans with Disabilities Act''' ('''the ADA''') is a [[law]] that was passed by the [[United States Congress]] in 1990. [[United States President|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] signed the ADA, making it an official United States law, on July 26, 1990. Later, President [[George W. Bush]] [[amendment|amended]] (changed) the ADA and signed those changes into law. The changes started on January 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=President Bush Signs ADA Changes into Law |date=2008-09-25 |publisher=HR.BLR.com |url=http://hr.blr.com/news.aspx?id=78926 |access-date=2015-12-09 |archive-date=2009-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205192712/http://hr.blr.com/news.aspx?id=78926 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-07-26|title=Today in History: July 26, Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law|url=https://apnews.com/today-in-history/july-26|access-date=2024-12-11|website=AP News|language=en}}</ref> The ADA is a detailed [[civil rights]] law whose goal is to protect people with [[disability|disabilities]] from [[discrimination]]. Before the ADA, people with disabilities did not have many legal protections. In 1964, the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://find/?uslaw.com%2Fcivil_rights_act_of_1964_cra_title_vii_equal_employment_opportunities_42_us_code_chapter_21 |title=Civil Rights Act of 1964 |access-date=2020-09-14 |archive-date=2009-11-14 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5lHSBSuc4?url=http://finduslaw.com/civil_rights_act_of_1964_cra_title_vii_equal_employment_opportunities_42_us_code_chapter_21 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> was passed. This law made it [[illegal]] to discriminate against people because of their [[Race (sociology)|race]], [[religion]], [[gender]], national origin (home country), and many other things. But people with disabilities were not included or protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The ADA gave the Civil Rights Act's protections - and some others - to people with disabili