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OCR Page 1 of 5THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
July 26, 1990
FACT SHEET
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
The President today signed the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990, the broadest expansion of the nation's civil
rights laws since the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The legislation extends the framework of Federal civil
rights laws that currently apply to women and minorities to the
43 million Americans who have some form of disability. This
allows an unprecedented opportunity to bring Americans with
disabilities into the mainstream of American life.
The legislation prohibits discrimination in employment,
public services, public accommodations, and transportation, and
provides for telecommunications relay services.
Background
The Americans with Disabilities Act began with the 1986
report of the National Council on Disability entitled "Toward
Independence" which Vice President Bush accepted on behalf of
the Administration. The Council proposed broad legislation to
expand Federal civil rights laws to include persons with
disabilities.
During the 1988 campaign, Vice President Bush expressed
his support for legislation to extend to people with
disabilities the same basic equal opportunities protections
that are afforded to women and minorities. The Vice President
also expressed his support for legislation to protect HIV-
infected persons from discrimination because of their
infection. In his "Building a Better America" address to the
Congress on February 9, 1989, the President said, "Disabled
Americans must become full partners in America's opportunity
society.'
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Disabilities