Publications: Other Laws

A Guide to Disability Rights Laws (DOJ) 16 pgs. 2020
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 Complaint form (PDF Version)
Information on filing a complaint about air travel service problems, including accessibility issues
Air Travel Tips (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.)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
U.S. Department of Education

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)

About the ICT Accessibility 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines
Section 508 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.

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

About the ICT Accessibility 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines
The Section 255 Guidelines cover telecommunications equipment and customer-premises equipment — such as telephones, cell phones, routers, set-top boxes, and computers with modems, interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol products, and software integral to the operation of telecommunications function of such equipment.

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