Pardee Legal Research Center Guide Series

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, commonly referred to as the ADA, is found at Public Law 101-336 (104 Stat. 327; 48 pages long) and is codified at 42 U.S.C. sections 12101 et seq. The ADA was passed by the U.S. Senate on September 7, 1989 by a vote of 76 to 8; was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22, 1990 by a vote of 403 to 20; and was enacted into law on July 26, 1990.

LRC Resources

If you need some help in looking for materials in a particular subject area, please ask a Reference Librarian.  But, to start your search in the area of disability law, here are some titles you might want to look at:

     1.   Federal Statutes

A.  You will find the original Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) at Pub. L. 101-336, 104 Stat. 327 (1990) (the United States Statutes at Large is located in the Reading Room at KF 50 .U52).   The current sections of the ADA are found in 42 U.S.C sec. 121-1 et seq.  (The U.S. Code is located in the Reading Room at KF62 .A2).

B.  Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub. L. 93-112, 87 Stat. 355 (1973), 29 U.S.C. sec. 701 et seq.

C.  Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub. L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241 (1964), 42 U.S.C. sec. 2000a et seq.

A.  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Regulations, 29 C.F.R. sec. 1630 et seq. (The current and prior Code of Federal Regulations is located in the Reading Room at KF 70 .A3;  earlier editions are in microfiche at the same call number.)  These regulations implement Title I of the ADA.

B.  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Reporting/Record Keeping Regulations, 29 C.F.R. sec. 1602 et  seq.

C.  U.S. Department of Justice Regulations, 28 C.F.R. sec. 35-36 et seq. These regulations implement  Titles II and III of the ADA.

D.  Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 36 C.F.R. sec. 1191 et seq.  These regulations are guidelines for accessibility standards for new construction and alterations in places of public accommodation and commercial facilities.

    3.  Books and Practice Materials

     (SALLY TIP: Remember that once you have found one item that is on point, press S while viewing that item’s record and you will get help in finding similar materials.)
 

Title	Call number
ADA compliance guidelines: California access code	KFC 813 .G72 1993
AIDS and persons with developmental disabilities	KF 3803 .A54 A905 1989
Americans with disabilities act: the ADA’s impact on California business	KFC 605 .Z9 A43 1992
Americans with disabilities act handbook	KF 3469 .A85 1992
Counseling clients on the rights of people with disabilities: current issues..	KF 3738 .Z9 C68 1990
Disability, civil rights, and public policy	HV 1553 .P46 1989
Disability discrimination: employment discrimination prohibited by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990	KF 3469 D57 1998
Federal disability law in a nutshell	KF 480 .Z9 T83 1998 (reserve)
Helping state and local governments comply with the ADA...	KF 3469 .U542 1998
Helping employers comply with the ADA...	KF 3469 .U54 1998
Legal rights of persons with diabilities: an analysis of federal law	KF 480 .A6 T82
Mental disability law: civil and criminal	KF 480.5 M5 .P46 1998
Mental disorder, work disability, and the law	KF 3469 .M46 1997
Mental health and disability law in a nutshell	KF 3828 .Z9 H47 1997 (reserve)
No pity: people with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement	HV 1553 .S52 1993
Older adults’ decision-making and the law	KF 390 .A4 O63 1996
Older wards and their guardians	KF 553 .K45 1994
Regulation, litigation, and dispute resolution under the Americans with Disabilities Act	KF 480 .P37 1996
A Technical assistance manual on the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act	KF 3469 .A33 A43 1992

    4.  Journals and Articles

    You can generally find more current information by accessing journals and the articles in them.  One great resource is the LegalTrac CD-ROM, which is an index of newspaper and law journal articles on your topic since 1980.  If you are unfamiliar with researching these materials, please ask at the Reference Desk for help in learning about our periodicals indexes and other useful tools.  Below are titles which will help in your research.
 

Title	Call number
Amicus/National Center for Law and the Handicapped	KF 3738 .A15 A47
Complete directory for people with disabilities	CL Reference 362.404802573 C737
Computer-disability news	Copley Journals
Directory of lawyers practicing disability law	KF 195 .D47 D57 1998 (reference)
International journal of disability	Copley Journals
Issues in law & medicine	LRC Periodical (Mezzanine)
TASH Newsletter (for severe handicaps)	Copley Journals

    5.  Directories and Community Resources
 

Directory of lawyers practicing disability law	KF 195 .D47 D57 1998 (reference)
Complete directory for people with disabilities	CL Reference 362.404802573 C737
The Access Center of San Diego	1295 University Avenue  293-3500  TDD Line 293- 7757  640 Escondido Ave. #110  760-630-7626  TDD 760-630-4666
American Red Cross of San Diego	3650 Fifth Ave. #110  583-4853  800-921-9664
Deaf Community Services of San Diego	3788 Park Blvd.  682-5001  TDD 682-5000

    6.  Internet Resources

    (These links are provided with two caveats: one, internet access is available at USD only to currently registered students, and two, many addresses change frequently or may no longer be updated.  The following were the best available on the date of this printing.)
 

• Americans With Disabilities Act Document Center: visit this site to see for yourself exactly what the law requires and how it came about.  Contains an index of federal documents (including the ADA itself) and legal guides.  http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/

• Internet Law Library: Handicapped individuals and the law: contains many links to the ADA, some state legislation, as well as Canadian and United Kingdom statutes. http://law.house.gov/102.htm

• National Senior Citizens Law Center: includes substantive law in age discrimination, Medicaid/Medicare, as well as the ADA.  Updated in 1999.  http://www.nsclc.org/

• N. Neal Pike Institute For Disability Law: the Pike Institute web site is accessible to people with visual impairments by offering a software download from the internet to allow you to hear the web site and navigate it with your own voice. http://www.bu.edu/pike/

• Mental Disability Rights International: MDRI is a non-governmental advocacy organization dedicated to the recognition and enforcement of the rights of people with mental disabilities.  http://www.mdri.org/

• WashLaw Disability Law Page: the Washburn University School of Law Library has a great assortment of ready-made link lists.  This one gives you a good starting place to begin your internet research on disability law.  http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/subject/disability.html

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