Resources

The ADA is a landmark law protecting the civil rights of people with disabilities. The bill spans housing, employment, and inclusion rights, laying out anti-discrimination policy in the work place, housing, etc.

• Preamble
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Legal Information Institute: ADA Explanation

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG)

• Title II (State & Local Government) Assistance Manual
• ADA National Network
• Southeast ADA Center: Regional Resource on the ADA

The Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 prohibits discrimination by air carriers on the basis of disability. This act covers unaccessible facilities as well as required services to be provided to any passanger with disability. Enforced by the United States Department of Transportation.

• Air Carrier Act
• Air Carrier Act Summary

In 2002, HAVA passed to enable local and federal government funds to be allocated to update and maintain voting equipment. Funds can also be allocated to ensure accesible voting locations and equipment and to address other accessibility issues within the voting process on a local, state, and federal level.

• Help America Vote Act - Federal Election Commission
• Wikipedia Entry on Help America Vote Act

The Olmstead Decision is in regard to discrimination of people with disabilities in institutions. In 1999, the Supreme Court ruled that, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals with disabilities have the right to live in the community rather than institutions.

• The Olmstead Decision US Supreme Court
• Wikipedia Entry for the Olmstead Decision

People First Language in North Carolina
People First in PDF

Below are various general statutes from the state of North Carolina on people with disabilities.

• NC General Statutes
• Interpreters for People who are Deaf
• Persons with Disabilities
• Eliminate discrimination in treatment of persons with disabilities
• Parking privileges for persons with disabilities
• Responsibility for service animal
• Right of access to and use of public places
• Training and registration of service animal

• City of Chapel Hill, Orange County
• City of Durham, Durham County
• City of Louisburg, Franklin County
• City of Raleigh, Wake County
• City of Smithfield, Johnston County
• Raleigh Transit Authority

• NC State Agencies
• Board Names
  • 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission
  • Dorthea Dix Master Plan
  • Housing Commission
  • Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
  • North Carolina Commission for the Blind
  • North Carolina Board of Transportation
  • Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness
• NC General Assembly - Who Represents You?
• Board of Elections
  • NC State Board of Elections
  • County Boards of Elections
  • Check Your Voter Registration
• State Offices
  • North Carolina State ADA Office
  • NC Office on Disability and Health
  • NC Council on Developmental Disabilities

• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals
• U.S. Government Web Portal
• U.S. Government Departments
  • Access Board
  • U.S. Census
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Justice - Disability Rights
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • Equal Employment - Disability Discrimination