LibGuides: Helping to Serve Our American Heroes Returning Home: Filing a Reemployment Suit for a Disabled Military Veteran by Christina Pasquali: Legislative History for Portion on Disability Discrimination In Employment Claim

Legal Definitions for the Americans with Disabilities Act

Definition of Employee
42 U.S.C.A. § 12111 (4) (1990)
(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 101, 104 Stat. 330; Nov. 21, 1991, P.L. 102-166, Title I, § 109(a), 105 Stat. 1077; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(c)(1), 122 Stat. 3557.)
Definition of Disability
42 U.S.C.A. § 12102 (1) (1990)
(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, § 3, 104 Stat. 329; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 4(a), 122 Stat. 3555.)
Definition of Having An Impairment
42 U.S.C.A. § 12102 (1) (b) and (3) (a) (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, § 3, 104 Stat. 329; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 4(a), 122 Stat. 3555.)
A Record of An Impairment
42 U.S.C.A. § 12102 (2) (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, § 3, 104 Stat. 329; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 4(a), 122 Stat. 3555.)
Definition of Transitory Impairment
42 U.S.C.A. § 12102(3)(B) (1990)

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, § 3, 104 Stat. 329; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 4(a), 122 Stat. 3555.)
Definition of Major Life Activity
42 U.S.C.A. § 12102 (2) (a) and (b) (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, § 3, 104 Stat. 329; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 4(a), 122 Stat. 3555.)
Definition of Qualified Individual with Disability
42 U.S.C.A. § 12111(8) (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 101, 104 Stat. 330; Nov. 21, 1991, P.L. 102-166, Title I, § 109(a), 105 Stat. 1077; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(c)(1), 122 Stat. 3557.)
Definition of Reasonable Accommodation
42 U.S.C.A. § 12111 (9) (a) and (b) (1990)

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 101, 104 Stat. 330; Nov. 21, 1991, P.L. 102-166, Title I, § 109(a), 105 Stat. 1077; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(c)(1), 122 Stat. 3557.)
Definition of Reasonable Accommodation
42 U.S.C.A. § 12112 (b) (5) (a) (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 102, 104 Stat. 331; Nov. 21, 1991, P.L. 102-166, Title I, § 109(b)(2), 105 Stat. 1077; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(a), 122 Stat. 3557.)
Definition of Undue Hardship
42 U.S.C.A. § 12111(10)(A) (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 101, 104 Stat. 330; Nov. 21, 1991, P.L. 102-166, Title I, § 109(a), 105 Stat. 1077; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(c)(1), 122 Stat. 3557.)

Procedure To Make Prima Facie Case for Disability Discrimination Under the ADA

Definitions
42 U.S.C.A. § 12101 (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, § 2, 104 Stat. 328; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 3, 122 Stat. 3554.)
Discrimination Part 1
42 U.S.C.A. § 12112 (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 102, 104 Stat. 331; Nov. 21, 1991, P.L. 102-166, Title I, § 109(b)(2), 105 Stat. 1077; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(a), 122 Stat. 3557.)
Discrimination Part 2
42 U.S.C.A. § 12112 (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 102, 104 Stat. 331; Nov. 21, 1991, P.L. 102-166, Title I, § 109(b)(2), 105 Stat. 1077; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(a), 122 Stat. 3557.)

Defenses of ADA Claim

Direct Threat
42 USCA § 12113(b) (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 103, 104 Stat. 333; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(b), 122 Stat. 3557.)
Job-Related Circumstance
42 U.S.C.A. § 12113 (a) and (c) (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 103, 104 Stat. 333; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(b), 122 Stat. 3557.)
Undue Hardship
42 USCA § 12111(10) (1990).

(July 26, 1990,P.L. 101-336, Title I, § 101, 104 Stat. 330; Nov. 21, 1991, P.L. 102-166, Title I, § 109(a), 105 Stat. 1077; Sept. 25, 2008, P.L. 110-325, § 5(c)(1), 122 Stat. 3557.)