TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 126 > § 12101
§ 12101. Findings and purpose
(a) Findings
The Congress finds that --
(1) some 43,000,000 Americans have one or more physical or mental
disabilities, and this number is increasing as the population as a
whole is growing older;
(2) historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate
individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such
forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue
to be a serious and pervasive social problem;
(3) discrimination against individuals with disabilities persists in
such critical areas as employment, housing, public accommodations,
education, transportation, communication, recreation,
institutionalization, health services, voting, and access to public
services;
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(5) individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms
of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the
discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and
communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies, failure to
make modifications to existing facilities and practices, exclusionary
qualification standards and criteria, segregation, and relegation to
lesser services, programs, activities, benefits, jobs, or other
opportunities;
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(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter—
(1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the
elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities;
(2) to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards
addressing discrimination against individuals with disabilities;
(3) to ensure that the Federal Government plays a central role in
enforcing the standards established in this chapter on behalf of
individuals with disabilities; and
(4) to invoke the sweep of congressional authority, including the
power to enforce the fourteenth amendment and to regulate
commerce, in order to address the major areas of discrimination faced
day-to-day by people with disabilities.
§ 12101. Findings and purpose
(a) Findings
The Congress finds that --
(1) some 43,000,000 Americans have one or more physical or mental
disabilities, and this number is increasing as the population as a
whole is growing older;
(2) historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate
individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such
forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue
to be a serious and pervasive social problem;
(3) discrimination against individuals with disabilities persists in
such critical areas as employment, housing, public accommodations,
education, transportation, communication, recreation,
institutionalization, health services, voting, and access to public
services;
*
(5) individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms
of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the
discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and
communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies, failure to
make modifications to existing facilities and practices, exclusionary
qualification standards and criteria, segregation, and relegation to
lesser services, programs, activities, benefits, jobs, or other
opportunities;
*
(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter—
(1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the
elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities;
(2) to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards
addressing discrimination against individuals with disabilities;
(3) to ensure that the Federal Government plays a central role in
enforcing the standards established in this chapter on behalf of
individuals with disabilities; and
(4) to invoke the sweep of congressional authority, including the
power to enforce the fourteenth amendment and to regulate
commerce, in order to address the major areas of discrimination faced
day-to-day by people with disabilities.
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