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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Definition:
A comprehensive civil rights law which makes it unlawful to discriminate in private sector employment against a qualified individual with a disability.
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Definition:
Recipients of federal funding for law enforcement under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 3789d, are prohibited by that statute from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
Individual with a Disability
Definition:
A person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of that person’s major life activities, has a record of such impairment, or who is regarded as having such an impairment.
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