Americans With Disabilities Act

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

1990 federal civil rights statute covering people with disabilities that provides equal access to:

• Public accommodations (including hotels, restaurants, theaters, etc.)
• Telecommunications (telephone services)
• Employment (including application, hiring, training, compensation, advancement)
• State and local programs and activities (including public transportation)

What the Law is:

• Title I of the ADA prohibits discrimination against any qualified individual with a disability in all terms and conditions of employment.

Obligation:

• Employers must provide a reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless it can show that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship.
• Title II of the ADA prohibits discrimination against any qualified individual with a disabilitiy on the basis of disability in the services, programs or activities of a public entity.

What the Office Does:

• The EEO/AA office is responsible for oversight of the College employee ADA accommodation request process. To Request an ADA accommodation, call 206-4539.
• The EEO/AA offfice is responsible for the administration of the College EEO and ADA discrimination complaint process which covers both employees and student discrimination complaints.

What this Office does not do:

• The EEO/AA office is not responsible for the student ADA accommodation request process. Each campus Disabled Student Resource office (DSR) is responsible for determining student accommodations.