Touro Law Review
Abstract
The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (“ADAAA”) was passed in 2008 and became effective on January 1, 2009. There are issues regarding reasonable accommodation that have arisen in connection with this Act. This article first explains what changes were made to the ADA’s employment-related provisions with the ADAAA and also explains the relevant U.S. Supreme Court cases that led to passage of the ADAAA. Reasonable accommodation under the Act and reasonable accommodation cases are then discussed as well as the U.S. Airways v. Barnett case. We then end with ways to interpret these cases for guidance and the conclusion that as successful as passage of the ADAAA may have been in resolving problems with the original Americans with Disabilities Act, there are still issues to be resolved.
Recommended Citation
Elliott, Teressa and Carnes, Kathleen A.
(2022)
"The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act: What About Reasonable Accommodation? Where Are We Now?,"
Touro Law Review: Vol. 38:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.tourolaw.edu/lawreview/vol38/iss2/3
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