ADA SUMMARY

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

"The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. It also applies to the United States Congress."

ADA Title II

"Title II covers all activities of State and local governments regardless of the government entity's size or receipt of Federal funding. Title II requires that State and local governments give people with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from all of their programs, services, and activities (e.g. public education, employment, transportation, recreation, health care, social services, courts, voting, and town meetings)."

Please continue to search the Accessibility web-page or if you have questions contact Danielle Brooks, the ADA Title II Coordinator for the City of Portland.

Transportation

"The transportation provisions of title II cover public transportation services, such as city buses and public rail transit (e.g. subways, commuter rails, Amtrak). Public transportation authorities may not discriminate against people with disabilities in the provision of their services."

ADA Title I

"Title I requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide qualified individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from the full range of employment-related opportunities available to others."

Please visit the City of Portland Bureau of Human Resource's ADA web-page at http://www.portlandonline.com/omf/index.cfm?c=33462or contact Joseph Quinones, the ADA Title I Coordinator for the City of Portland.

ADA Title III

"Title III covers businesses and nonprofit service providers that are public accommodations, privately operated entities offering certain types of courses and examinations, privately operated transportation, and commercial facilities."

Summary of the ADA - all summaries are from: A Guide to Disability Rights Law  or found at http://www.ada.gov/publicat.htm#Anchor-14210 published by The U.S. Department of Justice, September 2005.