Publications: Other Laws

A Guide to Disability Rights Laws (DOJ) 16 pgs. 1997
Booklet provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities. This is a 15 page booklet containing brief descriptions of the key requirements and complaint procedures.

Air Carrier Access Act of 1986. (49 U.S.C. § 41705)

Air Carrier Access Act
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Air Travel
Air Carrier Access Act (PDF Version)
Information on filing a complaint about air travel service problems, including accessibility issues
New Horizons (DOT)
Information for the Air Traveler with a Disability

Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq.)

Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines
24 CFR Part 100, Final Guidelines
Fair Housing Act.
FHEO: Fair Housing--It's Your Right.
Housing & Urban Development
This is the agency that enforces the Fair Housing Act Standards.
Accessibility (Design and Construction) Requirements for Covered Multifamily Dwellings under the Fair Housing Act - (DOJ & HUD)
This Joint Statement provides guidance regarding the persons, entities, and types of housing and related facilities that are subject to the accessible design and construction requirements of the Act.
Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act - (DOJ & HUD)
This statement provides technical assistance regarding the rights and obligations of persons with disabilities and housing providers under the Act relating to reasonable accommodations.
Reasonable Modifications under the Fair Housing Act - (DOJ & HUD)
The guidance is designed to help housing providers and homeowners’ associations better understand their obligations and help persons with disabilities better understand their rights regarding the “reasonable modifications” provision of the federal Fair Housing Act.
Service Animals and Assistance Animals for People with Disabilities in Housing and HUD-Funded Programs
This notice explains certain obligations of housing providers under the Fair Housing Act (FHAct), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with respect to animals that provide assistance to individuals with disabilities.
Assessing a Person’s Request to Have an Animal as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Fair Housing Act (2020)
This notice explains certain obligations of housing providers under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) with respect to animals that individuals with disabilities may request as reasonable accommodations.
Tenant Rights' for People with Disabilities (2019)
This handbook was made to tell you about your rights as a person with a disability with housing. The Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) are the laws that will be discussed.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq.)

A Guide to the Individualized Education Program Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
U.S. Department of Education, July 2000

Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 794 )

This law protects persons with disabilities from discrimination by federal agencies.

Section 508, Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 (29 U.S.C. § 794d)

Section 508 - Electronic And Information Technology
Requires that federal agencies, when developing, procuring, maintaining, or using electronic and information technology, access to employees with disabilities that is comparable to that provided to others.
Frequently Asked Questions
This document is a consolidation of acquisition-related questions that have been posed by agencies, contractors, and members of the disability community regarding section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. The responses to these questions are intended to promote a better understanding of the requirements of section 508 and its implementing regulations, including the collaboration that is anticipated within agencies in the acquisition of EIT.
Guide to the Section 508 Standards
The purpose of this technical assistance document is to ensure successful implementation of section 508.
Section 508 Facts
Understanding Section 508 and the Access Board's Standards
E-Learning: Conforming to Section 508
Both e-learning and the amended Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act are at the beginning stages of implementation. This can make the implementation of either difficult to understand for both the program office responsible for e-learning and the contracting office. This paper is written to aid them in their understanding of the issues and processes in purchasing the best e-learning solution while being in compliance with the provisions of Section 508 as amended.
Section 508 Tutorial: Developing Accessible Software
This tutorial illustrates the application of the Section 508, 36 CFR 1194.21, requirements for Software Applications and Operating Systems, Technical Provisions (a)-(l). A program for a six-function calculator is developed, named SFCalculator. The accessibility requirements of 1194.21 are illustrated during the development of SFCalculator.

Telecommunication Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. §§ 255, 251(a)(2))

Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines
The Telecommunications Act requires that telecommunications service providers and equipment manufacturers make their services and equipment accessible to persons with disabilities, to the extent that it is readily achievable to do so.
Technical Bulletin on the Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines
Closed Captioning of Video Programming - Fact Sheet
As required by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules requiring closed captioning of most, though not all, television programming. This fact sheet provides general answers to questions that may arise about the implementation of the rules.
Using a TTY
This document provides a brief discussion on how to operate a telecommunications device.

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