ADA Ramps

The American with Disabilities Act, commonly known as the ADA, was voted into law in 1990, by President Bush. The law was created to guarantee people with disabilities would still be able to have the same opportunities that “normal” people would have. It gives all citizens an equal chance to strive for the American dream. The law was originally drafted up from the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The American Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications, and governmental activities. (ADA).

Background Before starting this class and especially the research paper, I knew very little about the ADA. During the period of research and writing the paper I hope to obtain a better grasp on the ADA in general. But I also hope to learn some things that my current place of employment can improve our standards when it comes to those with disabilities. The ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990 by then President George H. W. Bush. It prohibits discrimination based on disability and only disability. It is fairly similar to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

In 1986, the National Council on Disability recommended the enactment of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) (ADA National Network, n.d.).The first version of the bill was drafted and introduced in the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in 1988 (ADA National Network, n.d.). President H.W. Bush signed the finalized version of the bill on July 26, 1990. ADA protects over 50 million people living with at least one disability in the United States (Thompson 2015, p.2296). Amy Thompson (2015) emphasizes that the purpose of ADA is to ensure Americans living with a disability are afforded the same opportunities and be a full participant in public life like everyone else (p. 2296). This essay will briefly describe the substance and the government agency that implements and enforces the ADA. In addition, this essay will also identify an important judicial decision that has affected the administration of the law ADA.

The three colleges I chose to compare and contrast for disability services are Swarthmore College, Bowdoin College and Haverford College. In general their services and processes seemed very similar with the slight distinction that Swarthmore's webpage felt more friendly and welcoming whereas the other two felt more formal. All three colleges

The American with Disabilities Act was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H.W. Bush. (Mayerson, 1992). According to Hallahan, Kauffman, & Pullen (2015, P, 14) “the ADA provides protection of the civil rights in the specific areas of employment, transportation, public, accommodation, State

History The Americans with Disability Act was first introduced to congress in 1988, and was signed into law on July 26, 1990. The ADA was made using Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act in 1973 as its base. Section 504, which banned discrimination based on disability, but was limited

I. The ADA Act 1990 The American with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990 for the purpose of preventing discrimination against people with disabilities in the workforce and in businesses and other places that are open to the public. The ADA states that "reasonable accommodations" must be made for many types of disability. (1990 ) The only way that an employer can refuse to accommodate employees with disabilities in the workplace is if the accommodation that would enable the disabled person to perform their job is not reasonable. The ADA Title 1, Section 101(1) defines undue hardship to mean "an action requiring significant difficulty or expense when considered in light of the factors set forth in subparagraph. Factors to be considered

On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act. This law guarantees that people with disabilities are not discriminated against and will have the same opportunity as anyone else for employment, communications, transportation, public accommodation, and governmental activities. The ADA is similar to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prevents people from being discriminated against due to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, and age. Though similar and more than likely modeled after the Civil Rights Act, the ADA protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination. In particular, to become eligible for ADA, one must have a disability, and those with disabilities will find ADA as

Americans with disabilities are a gathering group of around 50 million individuals that today led free, self-asserting lives and who characterize themselves as per their personhood – their thoughts, convictions, trusts and dreams – well beyond their incapacity. Since the mid-1900s, individuals with handicaps have pushed for the acknowledgment of

The American Disabilities Act (ADA) defines disabled workers as individuals who have “physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, have a record of such an impairment, or are regarded as having such an impairment”. Such impairments substantially limit major life activities such as seeing, hearing, speaking, walking, breathing, performing manual tasks, learning, caring for oneself, and working (ada.gov). In contrast, the definition of disability used by income support programs such as Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI is much narrower and is restricted to individuals who, because of a physical or mental impairment expected to last at least one year or to result in death, are unable

Introduction/Brief History As humans, it is our duty to make the world a better, and safer place for all the creatures that live on earth. We may not always do but we try most of the times. Whenever there is a problem or the need to change something that is not convenient, the governments of our countries come up with laws and regulations to solve these problems. Ever since the beginning of times a few children were born with disabilities, it was very hard for them to survive due to lack of resources and accommodations; in some countries they were even killed at birth. Over time the governments realized that there was a problem for children and adults and disabilities that needed to be solved. The American government came up with the ADA also known as the American with Disabilities Act, a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against disability, it was signed in July of 1990 and effective in January of 1992. It was a great change for disabled people, they were more protected against discrimination, they had more rights, and most public facilities, commercial buildings and schools began installing infrastructures that would make that would make accessibility for disabled more efficient. Since then life is much easier for disabled individuals.

For this lab, I went out onto the UNLV campus to record the elevations of stairs and ramps leading up to commercial facilities. I used the stairs in front of the Greenspun building to gather data on riser heights and tread depths. For stairs to follow the International Building Code,

Caption #1: The Extreme Sports Athlete Mark Wellman shows Samugl Saintizaire, a freshman physical education major from Boynton Beach, Florida, about how to climb rock walls by using some other helpful tools to complete

Egyptians, who used a similar concept to measure the needed incline of the ramps they used to

In this picture, there is a sign posted along the railing of a wheelchair ramp. This sign reads “This is a wheelchair access ramp. Do not lock bicycles to these railings. Bicycles locked to these railings are subject to removal and/or citation by University Police.” It is assumed by the context of the material on the sign that some previous incident had occurred that required someone at Miami University or the University Police to post this sign. Therefore, some previous student or students here at Miami University misused their privilege and locked their bicycles to the railings of this wheelchair ramp. By locking their bicycles to the wheelchair ramp, it may have prevented a disabled student from reaching their class on time, or being able to enter or leave the building safely. Miami University is hard enough to navigate and get from one place to another without a handicap, and when students do not consider the physical capabilities of their peers it can cause problems. This picture demonstrates able-bodied privilege because students here at Miami had not thought of their privilege when using this railing as a bike rack.