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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), passed in 1990, prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, with regard to hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job training, etc. This includes discrimination by private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies, and labor unions. An individual with a disability is defined as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, or has a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment. Under this act, employers are required to make reasonable accommodation to the known disability of a qualified applicant if it would not impose "undue hardship" on the operation of the business.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act protects the rights of a disabled individual or a qualified individual with a disability to equal employment opportunities as well as access.

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