{"id":354788,"date":"2022-09-07T13:26:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/accessibility-disability-rights-law.html"},"modified":"2025-05-19T12:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T17:31:28","slug":"accessibility-disability-rights-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/accessibility-disability-rights-law.html","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility & Disability Rights Law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Accessibility & Disability Rights<\/h1>\n

    Individuals with disabilities have civil rights protections. You also have accessibility rights in many public environments and online.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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    Your Legal Disability Rights<\/h2>\n

    You have rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)<\/a>. The ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA)<\/a>\u00a0of 2008 and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973<\/a> are the main federal civil rights laws that apply to people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

    These laws ban discrimination on the basis of disability and are enforced by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)<\/a> and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)<\/a>. Rights span employment, state and local government services, public accommodations, education, transportation, and telecommunications.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n\n

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    \u201cAccessibility\u201d means as many people as possible can use a product, device, service, environment, or facility. This includes people with and without disabilities.<\/p>\n

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    Need Help With a Disability Claim?<\/h2>

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