American Disability Act Case Study

The American Disability Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas which includes employment, public accommodations, transportation, communications, and access to state and local government programs and services. The ADA covers an extensive range of disability, from physical conditions affecting mobility, stamina, sight, hearing, and speech to conditions such as emotional illness, and learning disorders.
The ADA addresses approaches as below
Title I – The workplace which means equal employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
Title II – State and local government services which means non-discrimination on the basis of disability in state and local government services.
Title III – Places of public accommodation and commercial facilities which means nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities
Title IV – Through telecommunications relay services for the people who have hearing or speech impairments.
Title V includes miscellaneous instruction in Federal agencies that enforce the law. The purpose of ADA is “to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individual with disabilities”. To assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and

In this case, John suffered a heart attack and when he returned to the work after six months, company offered him part time job as he was unable to do full time job. ACME was forced to reduced staff to cost cut, as the company was not performing well. The company conducted a performance appraisal of all managerial employees, kept the employees who were above performer and ask to leave who were below performer in which John was also ask to leave the