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The Americans with Disabilities Act was created to help individuals with disabilities to be able to acquire jobs without discrimination, as well as setting standards for businesses and other buildings to allow proper access. ... Under title I of the ADA, qualified individuals with disabilities are protected against discrimination in the workplace. ... The American with Disabilities Act requires that all employees with a minimum of 15 employees to provide employees with disabilities with reasonable accommodations (EEOC, “Small Employers”). ...
“The EEOC is the federal agency responsible for enforcing the federal statues which prohibit employment discrimination, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin, or religion; Title I of the ADA, which prohibits job discrimination in the private sector and state and local governments based on the existence or perception of a disability; the Age Discrimination in the Employment Act, which prohibits discrimination against persons age 40 and over; and the Equal Pay Act, which prohibits wage discrimination based on sex. ...
Currently employers have to be extremely careful when a situation arises to interview and hire an individual with disabilities. ... From the very beginning of the hiring process, employers need to be careful with how they act. ... Since there are so many disabilities and diseases, both mental and physical, it is hard to determine what is and what is not covered. ...
Illegal: “Do you have any disabilities that would affect your performance in the position for which you are applying? ...
There are even specific guidelines published to help individuals with disabilities to find jobs. ... When the interview comes about, there is a specific technique that is recommended to be used by individuals with disabilities. ... ”(Allen, Successful 103)
People with obvious disabilities, such as blindness or a prosthetic arm, are urged to raise the issues that employers may have on their own. ... These individuals need to act quickly, because although most states allow 300 days to file a charge, some only allow for 180 days prior to the date of discrimination. ... People with disabilities “can help provide positive experiences from which those without disabilities can learn” (Dickson, 56).
People with disabilities do their best to live a life just as anyone else would. ... The ADA and the EEOC make sure that people with disabilities are able to have the same chance at life the rest of us have. One final thing that needs to be remembered about the coverage of the ADA and the people it covers is that people with disabilities are individuals with families, hobbies, problems, and joys. ... People with disabilities have the same needs and wants as the rest of the population, and should not have to struggle to have the same opportunity for achieving their goals.
Approximate Word count = 2486
Approximate Pages = 9.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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