Article
Introducing the New and Improved Americans with Disabilities Act: Assessing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Northwestern University Law Review
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This essay summarizes the changes to the Americans with Disabilities made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The Act represents the first substantive revision to the ADA since its inception and contains some dramatic changes. This essay summarizes those changes and makes some preliminary assessments as to how the new amendments are likely to alter the current interpretation of the ADA.
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Disciplines
Citation Information
Long, Alex B., Introducing the New and Improved Americans with Disabilities Act: Assessing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (September 25, 2008). Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 103, p. 217, 2008, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 92, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1273922