The Americans with Disabilities Act

The Americans with Disabilities Act was established in 1990. It was created so that
disabled people have the right to use public areas and spaces. This law gives those same people
the right to work. Under this law, there is no discrimination between able and disabled people
working. This law has made sure that that disabled workers were treated fairly on their job. For
example, if a disabled worker was injured or hurt while on the job, they could not be fired.
There are also benefits of working under this law. For instance, a worker that is
employed with a computer programming company has hurt his leg on the job. As a result from
his injury, his has developed paralysis in his leg. He can neither bend nor move his leg. Because
of this injury, he cannot perform his job as effectively. Under the ADA, his job cannot fire him,
and they must make his job accomdations for him
By the act, thousands of Americans people are benefited andgotten equal advantage from the company.
The Americans with DisabilitiesAct helps disabled people in the workplace in various ways. If an
employeeof a company is injured by an accident, company cant fire that employeefrom the job because
of the ADA act. On the other hand, company gives theemployee some special advantage to work there
properly. For an example,Braian is an employee of a computer service company. Few days ago, he
isinjured specially his left hand is badly injured by the accident. After that, hebecome paralyzed. He cant
move his left hand properly. Thats why hecant work properly. For this reason, his company arranges
some specialaccommodation for Braian, such as his company arrange accessibility. Sothat Braian can
enter into building easily by wheelchair, where he works,and moves anywhere of the building and for
using elevator. Shelves andfiling cabinet are long. So that, he can reaches them without help. Another
accommodation is schedules, which is arranged by his employer. For thisschedules advantage, if he
wants he can come later at office and leave early.Besides, when he feels bad or sick, he can visit to

doctor. Moreover, hiscompany provides special device for his left hand. So that, he can uses hishand
properly. By those accommodations, he has removed his lacking andworked everything just these other
employees can. At last, we can say that,disable people can do and work anything, if we give them
proper accommodation.

ADA Policy The Company abides by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and any similar state law.
Under that law, persons with disabilities may seek reasonable accommodation in regard to performing
the essential functions of their jobs.Any employee who believes that he or she is disabled is welcome to
discuss that possibility with Human Resources. Except where there exists a business need to know,
others in the Company will not be informed of an employees disability. Under the ADA and similar laws,
the Company and an employee who wishes to be
reasonably accommodated should enter into an interactive process.Through that
process, the Company and the employee will share and discuss medical data and other
relevant information in a good faith effort to determine if the employee is disabled within
the law.If so, the Company and the employee also will discuss potential
accommodations regarding the disability.Where applicable, the Company will
reasonably accommodate the employee with respect to the essential functions of his or
her job unless doing so would constitute an undue hardship or the disability creates a
direct threat regarding safety.

The ADA was established from many previous acts. These acts included the 1964 Civil Rights
Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. In 1990, there was growing demand for a single
act that incompassed all of the regulations pertaining to persons with disabilities. In 1990,
President Goerge Bush signed what is known as The Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA as
it pertainsto buildings is covered in the ADAAG ( Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility
Guidelines). This guideline covers everything from drinking fountain heights to door pressure.
All public buildings must comply with this guideline to be legal. There are regulations for

rampways and stairs. According to the ADAAG, section 4.10.4, "A visible and audible signal shall
be provided at each hoistway entrance to indicate which car is answering the call. Audible
signals shall sound once for the up direction and twice for the down direction or shall have
verbal annunciators that say 'up' or 'down'." This is an example of the regulations that are
present in this document. Another example of a building regulation is ADAAG secyion 4.13.5,
which states "doorways shall have a minimum clear opening of 32 inches (815 mm) with the
door open 90 degrees measured between the face of the door and the opposite stop." While
many sections are based on persons in wheelchairs, there are also sections that apply to deaf
and blind people. SUNY Farmingdale is a public learning institution. All the published guidelines
in the ADAAG apply to the SUNy Farmingdale campus. All the buildings must be handicapped
accessible and contain such elements inside. In order to ensure equal opportunity there should
be no area on the SUNY Farmingdale campus that inhibits any handicapped student passage
and accessibility. In conclussion, the Americans with Disabilities Act was implemented to ensure
equal opportunity to handicapped persons. In all areas of life, whether it is institutes of learning
or employment, the handicapped should be accomodated as an enforcement of civil rights.