July 25, 1990, The Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA Signed into Law

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The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush; the legislation provided civil rights protections to individuals with physical and mental disabilities and guaranteed them equal opportunity in public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications.
https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/July-25
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(Wiki). The ADA states that a "covered entity" shall not discriminate against "a qualified individual with a disability". This applies to job application procedures, hiring, advancement and discharge of employees, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. "Covered entities" include employers with 15 or more employees, as well as employment agencies, labor organizations, and joint labor-management committees.

There are strict limitations on when a covered entity can ask job applicants or employees disability-related questions or require them to undergo medical examination, and all medical information must be kept confidential. Prohibited discrimination may include, among other things, firing or refusing to hire someone based on a real or perceived disability, segregation, and harassment based on a disability.

Covered entities are also required to provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees with disabilities.

A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are typically done that the person needs because of a disability, and can include, among other things, special equipment that allows the person to perform the job, scheduling changes, and changes to the way work assignments are chosen or communicated. An employer is not required to provide an accommodation that would involve undue hardship (excessive difficulty or expense), and the individual who receives the accommodation must still perform the essential functions of the job and meet the normal performance requirements... More,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990

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1. Republicans HATED George H. W. Bush for signing that.

They’ve only become more selfish and petulant in the intervening years.

What a great bill that was!

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2. There was real opposition I know. It was to Bush's credit that he

still signed it, landmark legislation. This article from Vox ads more info. Thanks for replying.
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George H.W. Bush was a champion for people with disabilities, Vox, Dec. 2, 2018. As vice president and later as commander in chief, Bush helped oversee the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

.. Rachel Withers: And I understand that President Bush had previously lost a child with disabilities. How did that impact his interest in the issue? Lex Frieden: I think it had a huge impact. When we met with the vice president in January 1986, he said at the beginning of the meeting that he and [his wife] Barbara had reviewed the report the night before. He ... said that they could both relate to it because of the child with a disability whom they had lost and because one of their children at the time was coping with disability issues. One of the Bush boys had a disability — pardon me because I can’t recall which one — but he had learning difficulties and they were concerned about that. He had difficulty reading, and I think later I learned that he had dyslexia...
https://www.vox.com/2018/12/2/18122640/george-h-w-bush-americans-with-disabilities

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3. Thanks. How did I miss that? I know I've posted about this before. And good afternoon. NT

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4. That's ok, you do a lot of impt. days posts. I noticed this on Britannica,

but not on a couple other 'this day' and 'today' websites.