1. 2GETHER-AU PRESENTS:
25 YEARS OF
PROGRESS

2. Life Before the Americans with
Disabilities Act
Medical Model
Individual is the
Problem
Social Model
Individual has
Barriers

3. The Disability Movement
 Grew from the civil rights
movements of the 60’s
Gained traction in legislation
in the 80’s
Pres. George H.W. Bush,
on July 26, 1990, signed the
ADA

4. Breaking Down the ADA
The ADA is composed of 5 Titles:
❏ Employment
❏ Public Services
❏ Public Accommodations
❏ Telecommunications
❏ Miscellaneous Provisions

5. Title 1—Employment
 No Discrimination
 Appropriate Accommodation
 Undue Burden

6. Title 2—Public Services
Subtitle A: State and Local Government Activities
❏ Access to government programs, services, and
activities
❏ Redesigning Inaccessible Buildings
❏ Communicating effectively: Visual, Hearing, Speech
disabilities
❏ Modifications must be made to policies and
practices
❏Unless alterations would change the nature of the
policy or practice

7. Title 2—Public Services
Subtitle B: Public Transportation
❏ Access to public
transportation services
❏ Bus and rail transit
❏ New accessible vehicles
❏ Redesign old vehicles
❏ Paratransit

8. Title 3—Public Accommodations
❏ Public services and
transportation - Privately
owned
❏ Architectural standards -
Accessibility

9. Title 3—Public Accommodations
 Modifications to
policies and practices
 Communicating to
those with visual,
hearing, or speech
disabilities

10. Title 4—Telecommunications
❏ Telephone and television access for people
with hearing and speech disabilities
❏ Telephone accessibility
❏ Television accessibility

11. Title 5—Miscellaneous Provisions
❏ Covers provisions not in the other titles
❏ This includes:
❏State immunity
❏Retaliation
❏Impact on insurance providers
❏Relationships to other laws
❏Illegal use of drugs
❏Attorney’s fees

12. After the ADA: Universal Design
❏ Low-floor ramped
buses
❏ Automated doors
❏ Wider grocery
aisles
❏ Elevators
❏ Truncated Domes
❏ Curb Cuts at
Sidewalks

13. After the ADA: Netflix Lawsuit
 National Association of the Deaf (NAD) filed a
class action lawsuit
 All videos must now be captioned

14. What Still Needs Improvement
http://www.ncd.gov/publications/2011/Oct042011