Americans with Disabilities Act

This easy-to-use resource is packed with facts on areas governed by the ADA including employment, public entities and transportation, public accommodations, state and local government services and telecommunications.

Ideal for anyone interested in this area of law, this newly revised second edition includes coverage of the latest information regarding the ADA.

In the past, disabled individuals have faced a wide variety of obstacles that prevented them from fully participating in all that American society has to offer. They have struggled with obtaining employment, and have been denied access to many services most Americans take for granted. In this publication, Margaret C. Jasper examines the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and discusses the rights disabled individuals are entitled to under the statute.

This easy-to-use resource is packed with facts on areas governed by the ADA including employment, public entities and transportation, public accommodations, state and local government services and telecommunications.

Ideal for anyone interested in this area of law, this newly revised second edition includes coverage of the latest information regarding the ADA.

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Examines the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), discusses rights disabled individuals are entitled to under the Act, and gives a brief overview of legislation designed to protect the disabled in areas not covered by the ADA. Covers areas of employment, transportation, public accommodations, telecommunications, and law enforcement. An appendix provides selected provisions of the ADA, sample forms, and texts of settlement agreements. Includes a glossary. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

MARGARET C. JASPER is an attorney engaged in the general practice of law in South Salem, New York, concentrating in the areas of personal injury and entertainment law. Ms. Jasper holds a Juris Doctor degree from Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, is a member of the New York and Connecticut bars, and is certified to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Jasper has been appointed to the law guardian panel for the Family Court of the State of New York, is a member of a number of professional organizations and associations, and is a New York State licensed real estate broker operating as Jasper Real Estate, in South Salem, New York. Margaret Jasper maintains a website at http://www.JasperLawOffice.com. In 2004, Ms. Jasper successfully argued a case before the New York Court of Appeals, which gives mothers of babies who are stillborn due to medical negligence the right to bring a legal action and recover emotional distress damages. This successful appeal overturned a 26-year old New York case precedent, which previously prevented mothers of stillborn babies to sue their negligent medical providers.