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Crossroads And Signposts: The Ada Amendments Act Of 2008, Jeannette Cox
Crossroads And Signposts: The Ada Amendments Act Of 2008, Jeannette Cox
Indiana Law Journal
Although the apparent purpose of the 2008 amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is solely to broaden the ADA 's protected class, the manner in which the amendments achieve this purpose erodes the statute's explicit textual support for understanding persons with disabilities as a politically subordinated minority. The amendments also strengthen the statutory link between the biological severity of a person's disability and that person's right to sue for ADA accommodations. Accordingly, for some courts, the amendments will reinforce the perception that the ADA differs from traditional civil rights law.
Federal courts' understanding of the ADA 's relationship …