A federal judge has ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects transgender people from discrimination. The ruling stems from a 2020 case against the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office ...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act," a new documentary tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The U.S. Justice Department has sued the state of South Carolina claiming the state is “unnecessarily segregating adults with mental illnesses in adult care homes.” The Justice ...

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This July marks the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark civil rights law enacted on July 26, 1990, that prohibits ...

The poll found 19% of adults 50 years old and older have a disability but, they are less likely to ask for accommodations.

IDAHO — The U.S. Department of Justice said the state of Idaho unnecessarily segregates adults with physical disabilities in nursing facilities, violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act was celebrated at the Athens-Clarke County Library on Tuesday, July 22 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. The event included a series of speakers ...

We marked July 26 again. What does that mean to you? To me and the millions of other Americans with various disabilities, it means the anniversary of the signing into law of the Americans with ...

When the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law on this day in July 1990, my parents didn’t yet know how much the landmark civil rights law would soon shape my life — and theirs. I was ...

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” — Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. On Thursday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey chaired his last meeting of the U.S. Senate ...

The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the ...